Horticulture
Description
Most of the world's poorest smallholders depend on tropical roots and tubers crops as their principal source of food and nutrition. These species produce large quantities of dietary energy and have stable yields under difficult environmental conditions. The most important crops are cassava, sweet potato, yam and the aroids, sharing important common traits such as bulkiness, post-harvest perishability and vegetative propagation. This book compiles the most up to date information on the origin, genetics, physiology, agronomy, pests and diseases and post harvest processing of these crops, while attempting to provide ideas for further research and development.
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Bibliographic Information
- Publisher CAB International
- Publication Date December 2008
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781845934248 / 1845934245
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 37.50 GBP
- Pages440
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2008
- SeriesCrop Production Science in Horticulture
