Quinoa : botany, production and uses /

• Main Authors: Bhargava, Atul, 1975- (Author), Srivastava, Shilpi, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
• Subjects: Quinoa.; Field Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Morphology and Structure.; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Plant Production.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Biological Resources (Plant); Crop Produce.; Food Composition and Quality.; Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Taxonomy and Evolution.; Chenopodium quinoa.; Antinutritional factors.; Chemical composition.; Crop management.; Crop production.; Cultivation.; Cytotaxonomy.; Genetic improvement.; Geographical distribution.; Molecular taxonomy.; Morphotaxonomy.; Nutritive value.; Plant composition.; Plant diseases.; Plant morphology.; Plant pathogens.; Plant pests.; Taxonomy.; Electronic books.
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This book provides a comprehensive account of the botany, production and uses of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa). The book is divided into four sections spread over 14 chapters. Part I (chapters 1-3) introduces the readers to the crop, its history and distribution. Part II (chapters 4-5) discusses the t...

Table of Contents:

• Historical perspectives and domestication
• Distribution
• Taxonomy
• Cytology and genome size
• Botany
• Crop production and management
• Stress tolerance
• Diseases and pests
• Breeding
• Molecular studies
• Chemistry
• Saponins
• Transparency from production to consumption: new challenges for the quinoa market chain.