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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Loebenstein, Gad (Editor), Thottappilly, George (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edition:1st ed. 2009.
Subjects:
Agriculture.
Botany.
Plant diseases.
Biology-Technique.
Nutrition   .
Plant Science.
Plant Pathology.
Experimental Organisms.
Nutrition.
Online Access:Texto Completo
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.

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