The Sweetpotato
In the last four decades of the twentieth century the use of sweetpotato was diversified beyond their classification as subsistence, food security, and famine-relief crop. In developing countries they serve both as human food and for feeding livestock. In Western countries they appeal to health cons...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2009.
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2009. |
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Table of Contents:
- General
- Introductory Remarks
- Origin, Distribution and Economic Importance
- Botany and Physiology: Storage Root Formation and Development
- Important Cultivars, Varieties, and Hybrids
- Genetic Engineering
- Propagation of Sweetpotatoes, In Situ Germplasm Conservation and Conservation by Tissue Culture
- Major Fungal and Bacterial Diseases
- Virus and Phytoplasma Diseases
- Nematodes
- Sweetpotato Insects: Identification, Biology and Management
- Uses and Nutritional Data of Sweetpotato
- Economics of Sweetpotato Production and Marketing
- Marketing Sweetpotatoes in the United States: A Serious Challenge for Small-to-Moderate Volume Growers
- Sweetpotatoes in Different Regions
- Sweetpotato Production in the United States
- Sweetpotato in China
- Sweetpotato in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Sweetpotato in the Indian Sub-Continent
- Sweetpotato in South America
- Sweetpotato in West Africa
- Sweetpotato in Southeast Asia: Assessing the Primary Functions of a Secondary Crop
- Sweetpotato in Israel
- Sweetpotato in Oceania
- Concluding Remarks.