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Prosopis as a heat-tolerant nitrogen-fixing desert food legume : prospects for economic development in arid lands /

Prosopis describes the enormous historical importance of these trees as a human food source and reviews the contemporary food science of the fruit derived from these trees. As well, this treatise reviews the native genetic resources of this genus on 4 continents and classical genetic and horticultur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Puppo, Maria Cecilia, Felker, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prosopis: An empowering forest resource in the service of science for humanity
  • Arid zones, soil carbon, nitrogen-fixing trees, ecosystem instability, economic volatility, and political turbulence
  • Role of Prosopis in reclamation of salt-affected soils and soil fertility improvement
  • Prosopis as a weed. Causes and mediation techniques for weed control in developing countries
  • Management and control of the invasive Prosopis juliflora tree species in Africa with a focus on Kenya
  • The evolution of Prosopis management in Haiti
  • Prosopis in the history of the coast of Peru
  • Ethnobotany of Prosopis spp., past evidence of the fruit use and experimental archaeology applied to the interpretation of ancient food processing
  • Genetic improvement in Prosopis
  • Biotechnology and bioprospecting of Prosopis alpataco from Patagonia, Argentina
  • Utilization of Prosopis juliflora in the Horn of Africa: Recent developments
  • Management, use, and control of Prosopis in Yemen
  • Fine wood, architectural components, and furniture from Prosopis
  • The paradigm shift in Prosopis juliflora use through community participation by developing value chain of value-added products from pods
  • Food safety issues and mitigation of Prosopis flour
  • Peruvian Prosopis pallida: Its potential to provide human and livestock food for tropical arid lands of the world
  • Regional traditional foods from Prosopis spp. of the northwest of Argentina
  • Regional traditional foods from Prosopis spp. of the northwest of Argentina
  • Prosopis alba mesocarp flour: A source of functional ingredients
  • Prosopis alba seed flour: A source of bioactive phenolic and proteins
  • Chemical and nutritional composition of Prosopis spp. seeds and pods
  • Galactomannans from different Prosopis species: Extraction, characterization, and applications
  • Genetic variation in flavor of Prosopis mesocarp flours
  • Foods with Prosopis spp. flour: Common and new baked products
  • "Aloja": A pre-Hispanic fermented beverage from Prosopis alba pods.