Cassava : biology, production, and utilization /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Cassava.; Field Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Plant Nutrition.; Plant Production.; Plant Cropping Systems.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Fertilizers and other Amendments.; Biological Resources (Plant); Crop Produce.; Food Composition and Quality.; Biotechnology (General), (Revised June 2002); Fungi.; Insects.; Manihot esculenta.; Nematoda.; Agronomy.; Bacterial diseases.; Biotechnology.; Botany.; Crop production.; Cropping systems.; Genetics.; Geographical distribution.; Insect pests.; Plant breeding.; Plant diseases.; Plant genetic resources.; Plant parasitic nematodes.; Plant pathogenic fungi.; Plant pathogens.; Plant physiology.; Plant protection.; Plant viruses.; Processing.; Storage.; Taxonomy.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 332 pages) : illustrations, map, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This multi-author book covers all aspects of cassava biology, breeding, production, crop protection and utilization. The first section of the book is on the origins, distribution and economic importance of cassava, and includes chapters on cassava in South America and the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia and the Pacific. Three chapters in the second section cover botany and physiology, agronomy and cropping systems, and mineral nutrition and fertilization. The section on genetics and crop improvement includes chapters on breeding, genetic resources and conservation, and cassava biotechnology. A crop protection section has chapters on arthropod pests, virus diseases, and bacterial, fungal and nematode diseases. The final two chapters are concerned with utilization, storage and processing of cassava.