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Il Castoro
Since 1999, Il Castoro has been dedicated to the production of children's books for all ages, including fiction, picture books and YA novels. Our children's books want to promote the pleasure of reading, to arouse the curiosity of children about contemporary matters and to build the readers of tomorrow.
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Science & MathematicsJanuary 2021Tropical 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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The environmentMarch 2002Cassava
Biology, Production and Utilization
by Edited by Rory J Hillocks, J M Thresh, Anthony Bellotti
Cassava is a major tropical tuber crop found throughout the tropics (India, Oceania, Africa and Latin America). Hitherto, there has been no single text covering all aspects of cassava biology, production and utilization. This book fills that gap, representing the first comprehensive research level overview of this main staple crop. Chapters are written by leading experts in this field from all continents. The book is suitable for those working and researching in cassava, in both developed and developing countries, as well as advanced students.
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Technology, Engineering & AgricultureNovember 2019Tropical Roots and Tuber Crops, 2nd Edition
Cassava, sweet potato, yams and aroids
by Vincent Lebot
Root and tuber crops are important to agriculture, food security and income for 2.2 billion people in developing countries. These species produce large quantities of dietary energy and have stable yields under difficult environmental conditions. This second edition of Tropical Root and Tuber Crops is an authoritative treatment of four important root and tuber crops: cassava. sweet potato, yams, and aroids. The same format is followed for each crop: Origin and History, Taxonomy and Botany, Breeding and Genetics, Developmental Physiology, Agronomy, Pests and Diseases, Post-Harvest Quality and Marketing. This new edition reviews the scientific literature produced during the last decade and presents major technical advancements. Modern molecular tools have been used to clarify the phylogeny, taxonomy and origin of these species. Similar advances have been made in physiology, agronomy, pathology and product chemistry. It is essential reading for students, researchers and horticulturists.
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HorticultureDecember 2008Tropical Root and Tuber Crops
Cassava, Sweet Potato, Yams and Aroids
by Vincent Lebot
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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Agronomy & crop productionApril 2015The Nature of Crops
How we came to eat the plants we do
by Professor John Warren
Have you ever wondered why we eat wheat, rice, potatoes and cassava? Why we routinely domesticate foodstuffs with the power to kill us, or why we chose almonds over acorns? Answering all these questions and more in a readable and friendly style, this book takes you on a journey through our history with crop plants. Arranged into recurrent themes in plant domestication, this book documents the history and biology of over 50 crops, including cereals, spices, legumes, fruits and cash crops such as chocolate, tobacco and rubber. In The Nature of Crops John Warren reveals: -Why the Egyptians worshipped onions; -Why red-flowering runner beans provide fewer beans than white-flowering; -The inherent dangers of being a pineapple worker; and -Why a bird will always beat you in a chilli pepper eating competition!
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Technology, Engineering & AgricultureApril 2015The Nature of Crops
How we came to eat the plants we do
by John Warren
Have you ever wondered why we eat wheat, rice, potatoes and cassava? Why we routinely domesticate foodstuffs with the power to kill us, or why we chose almonds over acorns? Answering all these questions and more in a readable and friendly style, this book takes you on a journey through our history with crop plants. Arranged into recurrent themes in plant domestication, this book documents the history and biology of over 50 crops, including cereals, spices, legumes, fruits and cash crops such as chocolate, tobacco and rubber. In The Nature of Crops John Warren reveals: -Why the Egyptians worshipped onions; -Why red-flowering runner beans provide fewer beans than white-flowering; -The inherent dangers of being a pineapple worker; and -Why a bird will always beat you in a chilli pepper eating competition! ; Our ancestors chose to cultivate some plant species and not others. Through years of association with humans, these wild plants have been changed so that the crops we eat often hardly resemble their wild progenitors. Arranged into broad themes depicting the history of domestication, this book documents the history and biology of over 40 crops. ; 1: Introduction: The Nature of Natural - What does domestication involve?2: Wild Things - Recently domesticated crops and crops that have returned to the wild3: Learning to Live with Exotic Sexual Practices - How plant breeding systems limit domestication4: Storing up Trouble - Plants with storage organs5: The Weird and Wonderful - Herbs, spices and crops with exotic phytochemicals6: Accidents of History - The role of chance events in domestication7: Classic Combinations and Reoccurring Themes - Plant families that have been repeatedly domesticated8: Ownership and Theft - How the economic value of crops has influenced their domestication9: Fifty Shades of Green - Nutrient rich crops and the next generation
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June 2025White Hearts
by Nnamdi Okose
Two young boys seeking to be initiated into the order of warriors, find their lives upturned when an accident wakes a vengeful goddess. This story, weaved from the oral lore and magic of the Igbo takes the reader on a journey through the lake where mermaids and crocodiles contend for power. And through enchanted kingdoms ruled by mythical spirits. A curse has been unleashed that would cause the destruction of the world. An army of both humans and mythical creatures must be raised to defend the world. Only a white heart can lead this great army.
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Dietetics & nutritionDecember 2000Carbohydrates in Grain Legume Seeds
Improving Nutritional Quality and Agronomic Characteristics
by Edited by Cliff L Hedley
The compounds making up the dry weight of seeds play a major role in determining the nutritional quality and ultimately the uses and economic value of the seed. The carbohydrate fraction can be divided into starch, fibre and soluble carbohydrates.The result of a major collaborative programme across Europe, this book covers the chemistry, nutritional value, physiology, processing and breeding/biotechnology of carbohydrates in grain legume seeds. There is currently no book available which covers the strategies for improving carbohydrates in grain legumes (peas, beans etc.) which takes into account both nutritional and agricultural requirements. This book fills that gap. Extensive section covering the topical subject of genetic manipulation techniquesInformation within the book is useful on a world wide scale
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October 2023Algal Biotechnology
by Qiang Wang
Algae are sunlight-driven cell factories, and can efficiently absorb CO2 and convert light energy to chemical energy such as lipid, starch and other carbohydrates and release O2. Algal feedstock is a promising resource for bioproduct production, given its high photosynthetic efficiency for producing biomass compared to conventional crops. Microalgae can be used for flue-gas and wastewater bioremediation. This book highlights recent breakthroughs in the multidisciplinary areas of algal biotechnology and the chapters feature recent developments from cyanobacteria to eukaryotic algae, from theoretical biology to applied biology. It also includes the latest advancements in algal-based synthetic biology, including metabolic engineering, artificial biological system construction and green chemicals production. With contributions by leading authorities in algal biotechnology research, it is a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers in the field, and those involved in the study of photosynthesis and green-cell factories.
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Agronomy & crop productionSeptember 2010Industrial Crops and Uses
by Randy D Allen, Harbans L Bhardwaj, Benjamin Todd Campbell, Enrico Casadei, Louise Estabrook, Daniel Geller, Lou A Honary, Murray B Isman, Peter Kulakow, Lava Kumar, J E Losey, Denis Murphy, Dharmalingam Pitchy, Sadequr Rahman, Dennis T Ray, Roger Ruan, Sivendra Sahi, Dev S Shrestha, Jorge da Silva, R Siva, Kazuhiro Takamizawa, Donghai Wang, Jay-lin Jane, Ralph E. H Sims, Gillian Eggleston, Renyong Zhao, Sarita Jaiswal. Edited by Bharat P Singh.
The demand for plant-based industrial raw materials has increased as well as research into expanding the utility of plants for current and future uses. Plants are renewable, have limited or positive environmental impact and have the potential to yield a wide range of products in contrast to petroleum-based materials. Plants can be used in a variety of different industries and products including bioenergy, industrial oil and starch, fibre and dye, rubber and related compounds, insecticide and land rehabilitation. This title offers a comprehensive coverage of each of these uses. Chapters discuss the identification of plant species with desired traits, their cultivation to obtain the needed raw materials, methods utilized in producing different finished products, current and future research in crop production and processing and the present state and future prospects for the industry. Providing the first systematic review of industrial crops and their uses, this book will be an important resource for students and researchers of crop science and agricultural policy makers.
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Science & MathematicsAugust 2018Tomatoes
by E Heuvelink
This new edition of a successful, practical book provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of all aspects of the production of the tomato crop, within the context of the global tomato industry. Tomatoes are one of the most important horticultural crops in both temperate and tropical regions and this book explores our current knowledge of the scientific principles underlying their biology and production.Tomatoes 2nd Edition covers genetics and breeding, developmental processes, crop growth and yield, fruit ripening and quality, irrigation and fertilisation, crop protection, production in the open field, greenhouse production, and postharvest biology and handling. It has been updated to:- reflect advances in the field, such as developments in molecular plant breeding, crop and product physiology, and production systems.- include a new chapter on organic tomato production.- present photos in full colour throughout.Authored by an international team of experts, this book is essential for growers, extension workers, industry personnel, and horticulture students and lecturers.
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HorticultureFebruary 2009Potatoes Postharvest
by R T Pringle, C F H Bishop, R C Clayton
A wider understanding of potato postharvest practices is needed to improve working relations between growers, agronomists, pathologists and crop store managers. Providing a comprehensive examination of international potato production, this book identifies which storage systems suit particular climatic zones as well as considering interactions between crop microclimate, dehydration, crop cooling, condensation and disease development. Potatoes Postharvest will guide the reader through the activities following harvest from store loading, store management, and grading to packaging and dispatch.
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Technology, Engineering & AgricultureAugust 2016Nutrition Experiments in Pigs and Poultry
A Practical Guide
by Michael R Bedford, Mingan Choct, Helen Masey O'Neill
This practical research text provides an invaluable resource for all animal and veterinary scientists designing, analysing and interpreting results from nutrition and feed experiments in pigs and poultry. The emphasis throughout is on practical aspects of designing nutrition experiments. The book builds on the basics and proceeds to describe the limitations of experiment design involving different ingredients. It goes on to describe the characterization of experimental diets including ingredient selection, composition and the minimum proximate analysis required. The text details measurements and the tools available for understanding diverse data sets, data analysis and eventual publication of the research. This fully balanced and extensively referenced, yet practical, text is an invaluable resource to all animal, veterinary and biomedical scientists involved in the designing of nutrition experiments in pigs and poultry, and the publication of their research. ; This text describes the limitations of experiment design involving different ingredients, and the characterization of experimental diets including ingredient selection, composition and the minimum proximate analysis required. It details measurements and the tools available for understanding data sets, data analysis and publication of research. ; -: Foreword1: General Principles of Designing a Nutrition Experiment1.1: Introduction1.2: Nutrient Requirements Research1.2.1: Environment1.2.2: Cage versus pen and stocking density1.2.3: Feed and water form and quality1.2.4: Energy – amino acids, carbohydrates and fat1.2.5: Fibre1.2.6: Other nutrients1.2.7: Age1.2.8: Breed and sex1.2.9: Disease status1.3: Ingredient Nutrient Contents Research1.3.1: Cereals1.3.2: Oilseed meals1.3.3: Fats1.3.4: Vitamins and minerals1.3.5: Additives1.3.6: Digestibility studies1.4: Summary2: Most Common Designs and Understanding Their Limits2.1: Introduction2.2: What is the Goal of Simple Research Trials?2.3: Typical Interpretations of Response Data2.4: Choosing an Adequate (or the Best) Model to Use2.5: How Much of a Good Thing is Too Much?2.6: Variation in Bird Growth and Morphology2.7: The Choice of an Experimental Unit2.8: Experimental Power2.9: More Complex Designs for More Complex Questions2.10: Summary3: Practical Relevance of Test Diets3.1: Introduction3.2: Commercially Relevant Animal Performance3.2.1: Indices for measuring animal performance3.2.2: Presentation of animal performance results3.3: Feed Formulation3.3.1: Nutritional considerations for feed formulation3.3.2: Health considerations for feed formulation3.3.3: Processing considerations for feed formulation3.4: Summary4: Characterization of the Experimental Diets4.1: Introduction4.2: Designing Diets: the Semi-synthetic Conundrum?4.2.1: Sugars and starch4.2.2: Fibres4.2.3: Non-feed ingredients and phytate4.3: Designing Diets: Describing Test Ingredients and an Appropriate Basal Diet4.3.1: Trial design to compare one additive with a control4.3.2: Trial design to compare two different additive products4.4: Summary5: Measurements of Nutrients and Nutritive Value5.1: Introduction5.2: In Vitro Measurements5.2.1: Proximate analyses5.2.2: Fibre and carbohydrates in feed5.2.3: Summary5.3: Determining Nutritive Value of Ingredients5.3.1: In vivo experiments5.3.2: Determining the digestibility of speci?c nutrients5.3.3: Indirect measurements of digestibility5.3.4: Summary6: Designing, Conducting and Reporting Swine and Poultry Nutrition Research6.1: Introduction6.2: Planning the Experiment6.2.1: De?ning objectives6.2.2: Written protocol6.2.3: Review of facility capabilities6.2.4: Statistical plan6.2.5: Animal care standards and pig management6.2.6: Data integrity6.3: Interpreting Experimental Outcomes6.4: The Experiment Report6.4.1: Introduction6.4.2: Materials and methods6.4.3: Results6.4.4: Discussion6.4.5: Conclusions6.4.6: Literature cited6.5: Summary7: Extending the Value of the Literature: Data Requirements for Holo-analysis and Interpretation of the Outputs7.1: Introduction7.2: Holo-analysis – Minimum Requirements7.2.1: Considerations in use of data for holo-analysis7.2.2: What makes a good model?7.2.3: Model types7.2.4: Modelling considerations7.2.5: Outputs and interpretation8: Presentation and Publication of Your Data8.1: Publication Is Not the End of Your Research8.2: Scienti?c Style – a Myth Laid Bare8.3: Telling a Scienti?c Story8.4: Structuring the Scienti?c Story8.4.1: The Title8.4.2: The Introduction8.4.3: The Materials and Methods8.4.4: The Results8.4.5: The Discussion8.4.6: The Summary8.5: Scienti?c and Political Correctness8.6: Which Journal Is Best for My Article?8.7: Scienti?c Publication in the Future8.8: Will New Forms of Publication Change the Way We Write?
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April 2022Silent Killers
How Big Food Risks Our Health
by Wilfried Bommert, Christina Sartori
Addiction from the supermarket The most powerful drug cartel of the 21st century sells pizzas, chocolate bars and mixed sweets. The promise: a quick and happy snack at low cost. The truth: this “food” isn’t nutritious, but is addictive and fattening, while bringing bumper profits for the investors. “Big Food” is becoming more powerful, but the costs due to the consequences of obesity now risk overwhelming global healthcare services. Obesity ranks as a killer before smoking or high blood pressure. A direct analysis of a man-made epidemic that is dominated by a few large companies and kept going by multiple profiteers. Their motto: “Teach the world to snack.”
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MedicineMarch 2020Basic Monitoring in Canine and Feline Emergent Patients
by Elizabeth J. Thomovsky, Paula A. Johnson, Aimee C. Brooks
This book discusses the various basic monitoring techniques available for emergency patients. The book elaborates on and explains monitoring techniques that can be easily performed in basic ER clinics and primary care clinics. This includes blood pressure, capnography, ECGs, pulse oximetry, and point of care monitoring ranging from the physical exam to bedside diagnostic tests like PCV/TP, urine specific gravity, blood glucose, and lactate. Each chapter is structured in the following way: basic physiology as related to the monitor, how the monitor/piece of equipment works, pros and cons of the monitor/piece of equipment, when not to trust the monitor, and clinical applications/examples of how to use the monitor in clinical settings.
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Agriculture & farmingJune 2008Tuber and Root Crops: Vol.09. Horticulture Science Series
by M.S.Palaniswami & K.V.Peter
Tuber and root crops are the third important group of food crops after cereals and pulses, feeding about one fifth of the world population. With the burgeoning population coupled with limited land, water and other resources, the future beckons tuber and root crops in fulfilling the countrys food requirements. These crops have higher biological efficiency and greater adoption with profound production potential per unit area per unit time. Tuber and root crops are well known from time immemorial as natures energy bank and famine savior. This book is conceived to have an updated version on the tuber and root crops especially in the Indian context, including information on the history, biodiversity, geographical distribution, botany, neutraceutical and pharmaceutical values, new varieties, production technologies, IPM strategies, starches, post harvest technologies and value added products, bio-processing, biotechnology, ITK and future thrusts. Various aspects of cassava, sweet potato, elephant foot yam, taro, yams, coleus, yam bean and arrow root are elucidated in 17 s and appendices. This book will be of immense use to the policy makers, scientists, post graduate and under graduate students and officials concerned with tuber and root crops research, development and extension.
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Food & DrinkApril 2019Arepas colombianas: técnicas profesionales de cocina
by Carlos Gaviria Arbeláez
Sweet, salty or with a neutral flavor, arepas, an essential food in the diet of Colombians, are the protagonists in this book, which compiles the preparation techniques of 60 different types of arepas. From a dough that is assembled in different ways, either freehand, with a cutter, stuffed with double dough, stuffed with double arepa, cooked on the grill, slabs, pots, ovens or fried, the arepas that are prepared in the different areas of the country are arracacha, rice, corn, fermented corn, peeled and threshed corn; yam, potato, banana, wheat and cassava. Round in shape and variable in size, arepas, too, vary according to the secondary ingredients that are added, such as milk, butter, cheese, pork fat, egg, meat or pea. Easy to prepare, hot or cold, arepas are delicious at any time of the day; with coffee or chocolate, they always go well.
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December 2020Phytochemicals in Vegetables and Their Therapeutic Properties
by C.K. Narayana
This book contains information on plant-based nutrients and phytochemicals in vegetable crops that are commonly consumed. The information generated by researchers using modern methods of biochemical analysis and, results mostly validated using cell line cultures or animal models, and to a limited extent on human volunteers have been presented. The vegetable crops have been grouped based on the family they belong to, because most often members of same family have similar biomolecules as active ingredients and have similar effects on health. The book will help the students/ researchers/ scientists and common man alike to look at the vegetables as protective foods not just because it is said so, but with a scientific explanation.
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Agriculture & farmingJune 2023Vegetable Crops
2nd Revised and Enlarged Edition
by T.R. Gopalakrishnan &T. Pradeepkumar
Book entitled Vegetable Crops incorporated the latest information on area, production and productivity of important vegetables at the national and international level and scientific crop production practices of more than 70 vegetables right from nursery to marketing. Classification of vegetables based on their cultural requirement is followed for presentation and are chaptered as Solanaceous vegetables, Cucurbit vegetables, Okra, Legume vegetables, Cole crops, Bulb crops, Root crops, Potato, Tuber crops, Leafy vegetables, Salad vegetables and Perennial vegetables. The book has been revised and updated according to the new ICAR syllabus for UG and PG students containing information covering wide range of topics frequently asked in ICAR JRF/SRF/NET and ARS examinations. List of the latest varieties released from public sector research institutes, principles of vegetable nutrition, deficiency symptoms, open precision farming, fertigation schedule of important vegetable crops, protected cultivation, hydroponics and application of biotechnology are the new additions in the second edition.
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Humanities & Social SciencesYẽngakatu, les belles chansons Anthologie des chants wayãpi du haut Oyapock en Réalité Augmentée
by PAWE Jacky Maluka, " LASSOUKA Luc Taitetu, MATA Jérémie Wilaya, BEAUDET Jean-Michel "
Cet ouvrage est une anthologie de grands chants cérémoniels en langue wayãpi. Les chanteurs, danseurs et danseuses, et celles qui ont brassé et offert la bière de manioc sans laquelle il n’y aurait pas de cérémonie, pas de danse ni de chant, toutes ces personnes vivent sur le haut Oyapock, fleuve faisant la frontière entre la Guyane et le Brésil, au nord-est de l’Amazonie. Le wayãpi appartient à la grande famille des langues tupi-guarani, parlées selon une très vaste répartition géographique, en Argentine, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivie, Brésil, Guyane enfin.Ce recueil de chants est d’abord conçu comme un support de transmission. Et cela, de plusieurs manières : l’enregistrement, l’écoute, la transcription et la traduction de ces chants ont été l’occasion de très nombreux échanges intergénérationnels, dont ce volume est en même temps une image, et le résultat. Cet ouvrage est donc conçu comme un objet actif. Ces chants ont œuvré comme des témoins culturels. Ils ont produit de la reconnaissance, et simultanément, de la connaissance historique, linguistique, sociale, poétique. Chacun, chacune, se trouvait pleinement acteur et actrice d’un processus commun de construction de connaissance. Grands-pères, grands-mères, jeunes gens et jeunes filles en dialogue, différentes générations produisant ensemble leur philologie et leur science historique nouvelles. Enfin, ce recueil est aussi une image de la fierté de tout un peuple, une fierté pour la richesse de ses cérémonies dansées, grandes fêtes pleines de vie qui donnent de la force à chacun, chacune et à tous.Vous pourrez écouter un extrait sonore de chaque chant, tout en suivant la transcription de ses paroles et de sa musique.
