Plant Protection in Tropical Root and Tuber Crops

This book is a compilation of information on insect/mite/vertebrate pests and fungal/bacterial/viral/mycoplasma/nematode diseases of tropical root and tuber crops such as cassava, sweet potato, yams, taro, Amorphophallus, yam bean and tannia. The book highlights the distribution, symptoms and damage...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reddy, P. Parvatha (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Temas:
Agriculture.
Sustainability.
Plant ecology.
Plant diseases.
Plant Ecology.
Plant Pathology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Tropical Root and Tuber Crops: An Overview
  • 2. Cassava, Manihot esculenta
  • 3. Sweet Potato, Ipomoea batatas
  • 4. Taro, Colocasia esculenta
  • 5. Yams, Dioscorea spp.
  • 6. Chinese Potato, Plectranthus rotundifolius
  • 7. Elephant Foot Yam, Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
  • 8. Yam Bean, Pachyrrhizus erosus
  • 9. Achira, Canna edulis
  • 10. Winged bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
  • 11. Tannia, Xanthosoma sagittifolium
  • 12. Enset, Ensete ventricosum
  • 13. Arrowroot, Maranta arundinacea
  • 14. Crepe Ginger, Cheilocostus speciosus
  • 15. The Way Forward.

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