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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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...

Table of Contents:

• Origin, Distribution and Economic Importance
• The Origins and Taxonomy of Cassava / A.C. Allem
• Cassava in South America and the Caribbean / G. Henry and C. Hershey
• Cassava in Africa / R.J. Hillocks
• Cassava in Asia and the Pacific / I.C. Onwueme
• Botany, Crop Physiology and Agronomy
• Cassava Botany and Physiology / A.A.C. Alves
• Agronomy and Cropping Systems / D. Leihner
• Cassava Mineral Nutrition and Fertilization / R. H. Howeler
• Genetics and Crop Improvement
• Breeding for Crop Improvement / D.L. Jennings and C. Iglesias
• Genetic Resources and Conservation / N.Q. Ng and S.Y.C. Ng
• Cassava Biotechnology / M. Fregene and J. Puonti-Kaerlas
• Crop Protection
• Arthropod Pests / A.C. Bellotti
• The Viruses and Virus Diseases of Cassava / L.A. Calvert and J.M. Thresh
• Bacterial, Fungal and Nematode Diseases / R.J. Hillocks and K. Wydra
• Crop Utilization
• Cassava Utilization, Storage and Small-scale Processing / A. Westby
• Cassava Utilization in Food, Feed and Industry / C. Balagopalan.