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        Botany & plant sciences
        December 1999

        Diseases of Banana, Abaca and Enset

        by Edited by David R Jones

        This book provides a comprehensive guide to the large number of diseases, disorders and injuries that can cause severe economic losses to banana, plantain, abaca and enset crops. Most of the diseases are described and illustrated in colour, making the book valuable as a diagnostic tool. It also provides information on the fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes and abiotic factors involved in the diseases/disorders described. Information is provided on the origin and classification of banana, the safe movement of Musa germplasm and banana breeding, including possibilities for genetic engineering for disease resistance.

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        September 2015

        Musa.

        An essay (or experiment) in the anthropology of the individual.

        by Heiss, Jan Patrick

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        2013

        Plantain

        by Malkovych Ivan

        The book of the selected works by Ivan Malkovych (1961) includes poems from the collections The White Stone (1984), The Key (1988), Poems (1992), With an Angel on the Shoulder (1997), Poems for Winter (2006), Everything Is Nearby (2010), Plantain (2013, first edition), Banks of Yaksuna (2020).

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        Science & Mathematics
        January 2021

        Tropical Tuber Starches

        Structural and Functional Characteristics

        by S N Moorthy, M S Sajeev, R P K Ambrose, R J Anish

        This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge relating to the morphological, structural, and functional characteristics of tuber starches, particularly in relation to their applications in food and industry. In recent years there has been significant progress and extensive research conducted on tropical root starches and especially on some of the lesser known tuber crop starches. There has also been a shift towards using biomaterials in place of synthetic materials in various applications. As researchers investigate the availability of natural products with similar properties, starch has been identified as a reliable alternative to these synthetic materials. Reflecting the growing body of research, Tropical Tuber Starches: - Explores the structure, properties and applications of tropical root and tuber starches (cassava, sweet potato, aroids, yams and other minor tuber crops) - Includes a chapter on the methodology for starch characterisation - Covers patents on starch-based products and the commercial potential of tropical root starches A valuable resource for researchers and students, plant breeders, and commercial producers working with, or considering working with, tropical tuber starches. Table of Contents 1: Introduction - Tropical Tuber Crops and Their Importance 2: Starch - General Considerations 3: Cassava 4: Sweet Potato 5: Aroids 6: Yams 7: Other Starches 8: Starch Modifications 9: Applications of Tuber Starches 10: Characterization and Analysis of Starches 11: Conclusions and Future Prospects

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        September 2008

        Sieben Derwische

        Anatolische Legenden

        by Nedim Gürsel, Monika Carbe, Gerhard Schweizer

        Nedim Gürsel hat ein schmales Buch über sieben große Figuren des Sufismus geschrieben. Er hat Anatolien durchstreift auf den Spuren von Rûmi (Konya), Haci Bektas (inneres Anatolien), Abdal Musa (Taurusgebirge), Kaygusuz Abdal (Alanya), Merkez Efendi (Manisa), Geyikli Baba und Emir Sultan (Bursa), um von dem legendären Leben der Derwische zu berichten, von den Landschaften und der Geschichte, die ihr Denken beeinflußt haben. Der anatolische Sufismus zeigt das Bild eines toleranten und offenen Islam. »Ich schildere meine Eindrücke«, schreibt Gürsel, »vom Besuch der Kultorte, aber ich erzähle auch, aus meiner Sicht und in meinem Stil, von ihren Legenden und wie diese heiligen Figuren des Islam heute von der Bevölkerung wahrgenommen und verehrt werden.« Sieben Derwische führt in die Welt des anatolischen Sufismus ein, anschaulich, durch Gürsels Berichte von seinen Reisen in Raum und Zeit - gespickt mit Zitaten, Anekdoten, Legenden und Gesprächen vor Ort.

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        Horticulture
        April 2009

        Mango

        Botany, Production and Uses

        by Edited by Richard E Litz

        The Mango is one of the oldest cultivated fruit crops, having been grown in India for at least 4000 years. Mango is the most important fruit crop of Asia and its annual production is exceeded worldwide only by Musa, citrus, grapes and apples. The last decade has seen a rapid growth of mango production, mainly due to expansion into new growing regions but also to the adoption of modern field practices and cultivars. A wide range of fresh, mango cultivars are now consumed worldwide and are available year round. The Mango: Botany, Production and Uses, published in 1997, represented the first comprehensive examination of all aspects of modern mango production and research. Developing upon the successful first edition, this book incorporates a discussion of significant advances in mango research that have contributed to improved production and will be highly relevant for researchers and growers alike.

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        Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        November 2018

        Handbook of Diseases of Banana, Abacá and Enset

        by David R Jones

        This book provides a comprehensive guide to the large number of diseases, disorders and injuries that can cause severe economic losses to banana, abacá and enset crops, and the fungi, bacteria, phytoplasmas, viruses, nematodes and abiotic factors involved. The monoculture of certain banana cultivars in large plantations make the crop particularly susceptible to catastrophic losses from disease and smallholders can also experience major problems. New approaches to breeding, crop management and handling are being developed to meet challenges posed by emerging threats. Handbook of Diseases of Banana, Abacá and Enset both describes and illustrates diseases and is printed in full colour throughout, creating a valuable diagnostic tool. It covers: - The origin and classification of banana, the safe movement of Musa germplasm and banana breeding for disease resistance. - Recent areas of growing research on the most important diseases of banana, such as black leaf streak, Fusarium wilt, Xanthomonas bacterial wilt and bunchy top. - Significant advances relating to pathogens causing less serious and widespread diseases. Authored by an international team of experts, this is an essential reference for all 'banana doctors' around the world. It serves as a useful field and laboratory guide, as well as a source of information for all those investigating diseases of banana, abacá and enset crops.

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        Carolina

        Ein knapper Lebenslauf

        by Procházkova, Iva

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2017

        Engendering whiteness

        White women and colonialism in Barbados and North Carolina, 1627–1865

        by Cecily Jones

        Engendering whiteness represents a comparative analysis of the complex interweaving of race, gender, social class and sexuality in defining the contours of white women's lives in Barbados and North Carolina during the era of slavery. Despite their gendered subordination, their social location within the dominant white group afforded all white women a range of privileges. Hence, their whiteness, as much as their gender, shaped these women's social identities and material realities. Crucially, as the biological reproducers of whiteness, and hence the symbolic and literal embodiment and bearers of the state of freedom, they were critical to the maintenance and reproduction of the cultural boundaries of 'whiteness', and consequently the subjects of patriarchal measures to limit and control their social and sexual freedoms. Engendering whiteness draws on a wide variety of sources including property deeds, wills, court transcripts, and interrogates the ways in which white women could be simultaneously socially positioned within plantation societies as both agents and as victims. It also reveals the strategies deployed by elite and poor white women in these societies to resist their gendered subordination, to challenge the ideological and social constraints that sought to restrict their lives to the private domestic sphere, to protect the limited rights afforded to them, to secure independent livelihoods, and to create meaningful existences. A fascinating study that with be welcomed by historians of imperialism as well as scholars of gender history and women's studies.

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        FARAH BELAJAR MENJADI BERANI DARIPADA KISAH NABI MUSA A.S

        by Anis Puteri, Syaari Ab Rahman, Nabilah M Zaidi

        “Inspiration from the story of Moses who built courage to face Pharaoh” Farah has a mission. Farah wanted to sell chocolate cakes and donate money for sale to orphan homes. But the mission is more complicated than Farah imagined. Farah doesn’t feel like he can. Did Farah manage to sell all of his cakes? This story about Farah learning to be brave from the tale of Moses A.S!

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        April 2018

        Mord an der Algarve

        Anabela Silva ermittelt

        by Conrad, Carolina

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