Tropical vegetable production /

• Main Author: George, Raymond A. T., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.
• Subjects: Tropical vegetables > Developing countries.; Marketing and Distribution.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Production.; Soil Water Management (Irrigation and Drainage), (Revised June 2002); Soil Management.; Crop Produce.; Food Storage and Preservation.; Storage Problems and Pests of Food.; Alliaceae.; Apiaceae.; Araceae.; Brassicaceae.; Convolvulaceae.; Cucurbitaceae.; Cyperaceae.; Dioscoreaceae.; Euphorbiaceae.; Fabaceae.; Lamiaceae.; Poaceae.; Solanaceae.; Crop management.; Crop production.; Cultivars.; Leafy vegetables.; Marketing.; Postharvest losses.; Seeds.; Soil management.; Sustainability.; Topography.; Tropics.; Vegetables.; Water management.; Electronic books.
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This volume consists of two parts. Part 1 comprises 6 chapters concerning the principles and practice of tropical vegetable production (including site, topography, soils and water; site management, seeds and types of cultivars; support for farmers; crop preparation and management; reducing pre- and...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Site, topography, soils and water
• Site management, seeds and types of cultivars
• Support for farmers
• Crop preparation and management
• Reducing pre- and postharvest losses and marketing surpluses
• Alliaceae : onions and related crops
• Cruciferae : crucifers
• Cucurbitaceae : cucurbits, the vine crops
• Solanaceae : tomatoes and related crops
• Leguminosae : beans and related crops
• Leafy vegetables
• Araceae, Convolvulaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Euphorbiaceae : tropical tubers
• Andean tubers and roots and crops of the Lamiaceae and Apiaceae
• Gramineae and Cyperaceae.