Author: Simon E. CarterPublisher: CIAT
ISBN: 9789589183380
Category : Africa
Languages : es
Pages : 72
Book Description
An Atlas of Cassava in Africa
Author: Simon E. CarterPublisher: CIAT
ISBN: 9789589183380
Category : Africa
Languages : es
Pages : 72
Book Description
World Mapping Today
Author: Bob ParryPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110959445
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
Tropical Root and Tuber Crops, 2nd Edition
Author: Vincent LebotPublisher: CABI
ISBN: 178924336X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
Root and tuber crops are important to agriculture, food security and income for 2.2 billion people in developing countries. These species produce large quantities of dietary energy and have stable yields under difficult environmental conditions. This second edition of Tropical Root and Tuber Crops is an authoritative treatment of four important root and tuber crops: cassava. sweet potato, yams, and aroids.
The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases
Author: D.G. JonesPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401733023
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Most branches of science have what might be termed a 'core area' which is both related to and helps to integrate peripheral topics to form the overall subject area. Without this central link, the subject is simply a collection of disparate, albeit gener ally related topics. What genetics is to plant breeding, epidemiology is to the subject of plant pathology and, no matter what individual topic is considered, it is always possible to recognize the interaction with and relationship to epidemiological factors. Broadly speaking, until the 1950s, plant pathology was considered as the applied side of mycology and, indeed, the British Society of Plant Pathology was spawned from its mentor, the British Mycological Society, with considerable help from The Association of Applied Biology. However, with the exploding world popu lation and the growing demand for food, plant pathologists became increasingly aware of the need for a more considered, measured, precise and even holistic approach to their subject and, particularly, to plant disease management. Looking back over 40 years of teaching and research in plant pathology, it was very clear that the 'core' of the subject was epidemiology and that this 'new' study was developing a very distinct identity which was rapidly being recognized in its own right. The 'shotgun' approach to plant disease 'control' was quickly perceived to be too inexact and almost every aspect of the subject was being reviewed, refined and advanced.
Scientist and Farmer
Author: International Potato CenterPublisher: International Potato Center
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Virus and Virus-like Diseases of Major Crops in Developing Countries
Author: Gad LoebensteinPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400707916
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 831
Book Description
It appears that a comprehensive and up-to-date book on the impact of virus diseases on the major crops in developing countries is now much needed, especially as there have been rapid advances in the biological and molecular characterization and detection of the pathogens and possible approaches for their control. On the other hand, the economic losses caused by many of these diseases are tremendous and much of the accumulated knowledge to diminish the crop losses has not filtered through, or cannot be applied. This book is focused on the important crops. Each chapter on a specific crop will include inter alia, geographical distribution, the viruses - symptoms, damage, detection - a brief description of the viruses concerned, and present and future ways for their control. Experts from India, Nigeria, UK, USA, France, Germany, Peru, Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Venezuela, Kazakhstan and Israel (many of them from the International Research Institutions) have contributed chapters to this book.
A methodological model for ecogeographic surveys of crops - IPGRI Technical Bulletin No. 9
Author: Publisher: Bioversity International
ISBN: 9290436905
Category : Crops
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
A Global Geo-Referenced Database of Potato Distribution for 1995-1997 (GPOT97)
Author: Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Advances in root and tuber crops technologies for sustainable food security, improved nutrition, wealth creation and environmental conservation in Africa: proceedings of the 9th ISTRC-AB symposium. Mombasa, Kenya, 1-5 Nov. 2004
Author: The Ecology of Tropical Food Crops
Author: M. J. T. NormanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521422642
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Retaining the successful formula of the first edition while placing additional emphasis on tropical environmental conservation, this new updated edition considers the response of tropical food crops to environmental factors such as climate, soil and farming system.