عنوان

The sweetpotato /

128206830X

1402094744

1402094752

9781282068308

9781402094743

9781402094750

9781402094743

b754599

The sweetpotato /

[Book]

editors, Gad Loebenstein, George Thottappilly.

[Dordrecht] :

Springer,

©2009.

1 online resource (xxx, 522 pages) :

illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Color Plates -- Part I: General -- 1 Introductory Remarks -- 2 Origin, Distribution and Economic Importance -- 3 Botany and Physiology: Storage Root Formation and Development -- 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 Sweetpotato Insects: Identification, Biology and Management -- 11 Uses and Nutritional Data of Sweetpotato -- 12 Economics of Sweetpotato Production and Marketing -- 13 Marketing Sweetpotatoes in the United States: A Serious Challenge for Small-to-Moderate Volume Growers -- Part II: Sweetpotatoes 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 Sub-Continent -- 18 Sweetpotato in South America -- 19 Sweetpotato in West Africa -- 20 Sweetpotato in Southeast Asia: Assessing the Primary Functions of a Secondary Crop -- 21 Sweetpotato in Israel -- 22 Sweetpotato in Oceania -- 23 Concluding Remarks -- Index.

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The sweetpotato is very high in nutritive value, and merits wider use on this account alone. Giving information on the history, botany, cultivars, genetic engineering, propagation, diseases and pests, nutritional data and marketing, this book presents data on sweetpotato growing practices in different areas of the world.

Springer

978-1-4020-9474-3

Sweetpotato.

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Sweet potatoes as feed.

Sweet potatoes-- Diseases and pests.

Sweet potatoes-- Harvesting.

Sweet potatoes-- Nutrition.

Sweet potatoes.

Ipomoea batatas.

Nutritive Value.

Plant Diseases.

Biomédecine.

GARDENING-- Vegetables.

Sciences de la vie.

Sweet potatoes as feed.

Sweet potatoes as feed.

Sweet potatoes-- Diseases and pests.

Sweet potatoes-- Diseases and pests.

Sweet potatoes-- Harvesting.

Sweet potatoes-- Harvesting.

Sweet potatoes-- Nutrition.

Sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes.

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Loebenstein, G., (Gad)

Thottappilly, G.

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