Plant Protection in Tropical Root and Tuber Crops

• Main Author: Reddy, P. Parvatha (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.