Plant Protection in Tropical Root and Tuber Crops

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Reddy, P. Parvatha (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant ecology.; Plant pathology.; Sustainable development.; Life Sciences.; Sustainable Development.; Plant Ecology.; Plant Pathology.

This book is a compilation of information on insect/mite/vertebrate pests and fungal/bacterial/viral/mycoplasma/nematode diseases of tropical root and tuber crops such as cassava, sweet potato, yams, taro, Amorphophallus, yam bean and tannia. The book highlights the distribution, symptoms and damage...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Tropical Root and Tuber Crops: An Overview
• 2. Cassava, Manihot esculenta
• 3. Sweet Potato, Ipomoea batatas
• 4. Taro, Colocasia esculenta
• 5. Yams, Dioscorea spp.
• 6. Chinese Potato, Plectranthus rotundifolius
• 7. Elephant Foot Yam, Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
• 8. Yam Bean, Pachyrrhizus erosus
• 9. Achira, Canna edulis
• 10. Winged bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
• 11. Tannia, Xanthosoma sagittifolium
• 12. Enset, Ensete ventricosum
• 13. Arrowroot, Maranta arundinacea
• 14. Crepe Ginger, Cheilocostus speciosus
• 15. The Way Forward.