The Sweetpotato

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Loebenstein, Gad (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Thottappilly, George (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Nutrition.; Agriculture.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant pathology.; Invertebrates.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Pathology.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.