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Product Identifiers
PublisherSpringer Netherlands
ISBN-101402094744
ISBN-139781402094743
eBay Product ID (ePID)71670188
Product Key Features
Number of PagesXxx, 522 Pages
Publication NameSweetpotato
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLife Sciences / Botany, Specific Ingredients / Vegetables, Agriculture / General, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaCooking, Technology & Engineering, Science
AuthorG. Thottappilly, G. Loebenstein
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight38.3 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal635.22
Table Of ContentGeneral.- 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.
SynopsisThis is an up-to-date publication of the sweetpotato with emphasis on propagation technologies, pests and diseases, and curing and storage. Special attention is given to sweetpotato growing practices in different areas of the world., Preface, Contributors, Colorplates. I. General. 1. Introductory remarks. 2. Origin, Distribution and Economic Importance. 3. Botany and Physiology. 4. Important Cultivars, Varieties, and Hybrids. 5. Genetic Engineering. 6. Propagation of Sweetpotatoes, in situ Germplasm Conservation and Conservation by Tissue Culture. 7. Major Fungal and Bacterial Diseases. 8. Virus and Phytoplasma Diseases. 9. Nematodes. 10. Insects. 11. Uses and Nutritional Data of Sweetpotato. 12. Economics of Sweetpotato Production and Marketing. 13. Marketing Sweet Potatoes in the United States. II. Sweet potatoes in different regions. 14. Sweetpotato Production in the United States. 15. Sweetpotato in China. 16. Sweetpotato in sub-Saharan-Africa. 17. Sweetpotato in the Indian subcontinent. 18. Sweetpotato in South and Central America. 19. Sweetpotato in West Africa. 20. Sweetpotato in South East Asia. 21. Sweetpotato in Israel. 22. Sweetpotato in Oceania. 23. Concluding Remarks., 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 conscious consumers because of their nutritional aspects. The sweetpotato is very high in nutritive value, and merits wider use on this account alone. The book has 2 parts. A general one giving up-to-date information on the history, botany, cultivars, genetic engineering, propagation, diseases and pests, nutritional data and marketing; and a second part presenting data on sweetpotato growing practices in different areas of the world. The information should be useful to researchers, practitioners and crop administrators in different countries.
LC Classification NumberS1-972
