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Cocoa.

The fourth edition of this highly regarded book has been considerably enlarged to cover all aspects of cocoa production. Higher prices for cocoa have led to much new knowledge about the plant and changes to its methods of production. These are discussed, along with new problems that have occurred an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wood, Gar
Other Authors: Lass, R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
Edition:4th ed.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cocoa; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE ON TERMINOLOGY; LIST OF PLATES; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF MAPS; GLOSSARY; 1 History and development; 2 Botany, types and populations; 3 Environment; 4 Planting material; 5 Propagation; 6 Establishment; 7 Shade and nutrition; 8 Maintenance and improvement of mature cocoa farms; 9 Replanting and rehabilitation of old cocoa farms; 10 Labour usage; 11 Diseases; 12 Insects and cocoa; 13 From harvest to store; 14 Quality and inspection; 15 Marketing; 16 Production; 17 Consumption and manufacture; APPENDIX 1 Visual symptoms of mineral malnutrition.
  • APPENDIX 2 International Cocoa StandardsAPPENDIX 3 Conversion factors; APPENDIX 4 Publications on cocoa; INDEX.