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Category : Vegetables
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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AVRDC Progress Report Summaries
Author: An impact assessment of AVRDC’s tomato grafting in Vietnam
Author: Christian GenovaPublisher: AVRDC-WorldVegetableCenter
ISBN: 9290582030
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Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Progress Report for ...
Author: Asian Vegetable Research and Development CenterPublisher:
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Category : Vegetables
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Progress Report
Author: Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Disease
Author: Henryk CzosnekPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 140204769X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
Ideally suited to horticulturalists and plant virologists, this highly useful text offers a multidisciplinary view on one of the major diseases of tomato crops, the tomato yellow leaf curl disease. It deals with epidemiological aspects of the disease as well as integrated pest management in the field. Coverage discusses the efforts aimed at breeding tomato plants resistant to the virus by classical breeding, by marker-assisted breeding and by genetic engineering.
Food Systems for Improved Human Nutrition
Author: Palit KatakiPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9781560221036
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Learn to produce crops with improved nutrition to alleviate malnourishment--using sustainable agriculture techniques! Utilizing complete food systems to improve nutrition has become a priority in the fight against malnutrition. This book examines all aspects of food systems, drawing on examples from various countries and geographical regions. Bringing together the most recent work of international experts, Food Systems for Improved Human Nutrition provides an important overview of the food systems approach. It also explores the extent of malnourishment in different areas; presents case studies from South Asia, China, India, Bangladesh, and East Africa; points to ways to improve food production and nutrient quality; and suggests directions for future research. Helpful charts and tables make the information in this well-referenced book easy to access and understand. Food Systems for Improved Human Nutrition brings you state-of-the-art information on: the potential benefits of agroforestry systems how to fortify food with micronutrients how to design population-appropriate nutrition interventions the ways that rapid economic change can affect human nutrition in a given area biotech approaches to improve nutrition in rice and maize crops crossbred cow technologies in the East African highlands and much more!
Principles of Tropical Horticulture
Author: David J MidmorePublisher: CABI
ISBN: 1780645414
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Principles of Tropical Horticulture leads the reader through a background of environmental influences and plant physiology to an understanding of production and post-harvest systems, environmental adaptation techniques and marketing strategies. Focusing on the principles behind production practices and their scientific basis, rather than detailed biological traits of each crop, this text outlines successes and failures in practices to date and sets out how the quantity and quality of horticultural produce can improve in the future. Case studies are frequently used and chapters cover the production of vegetables, fruit and ornamental crops, including temperate zone crops adapted to grow in the tropics.
Tropical Plant Breeding
Author: Andre CharrierPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 148227986X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
The book reviews recent advances in tropical plant breeding. Each of the twenty-four chapters describes a specific crop, which has been written by scientists working in the field of plant breeding and genetic improvement of that particular species. The book will be a useful reference work for professional plant breeders as well as researchers, teac
Horticulture and Livelihood Security
Author: P. NathPublisher: Scientific Publishers
ISBN: 9387307387
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
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