The Sago Palm: The Food and Environmental Challenges of the 21st CenturySociety of Sago Palm Studies In order to produce sufficient quantities of food to feed the world's growing population, we need to increase the food producing capacities of crops and to protect the environments in which they grow. Discovering untapped plant resources is an important challenge, but a haphazard increase in food production may cause environmental damage. We need foresight and must take sound appropriate actions. The sago palm is a plant that might fulfill all of these requirements. The sago palm accumulates more starch than any other plant in the world, yet, in global terms, it continues to languish in relative obscurity. The Japanese Society of Sago Palm Studies was formed in the hope of raising its profile by hosting seminars and symposiums in Japan and overseas to help it achieve the recognition it deserves. To this end, the Society's members have worked together to produce this volume, written in an easy-to-read style. [Subject: Botany, Agriculture, Conservation, Environmental Studies] |
Contents
Ecology of the Sago Palm | 41 |
Morphology | 61 |
Growth Characteristics | 93 |
Physiology | 127 |
Cultivation and Management | 157 |
Starch Productivity | 199 |
Starch Extraction and Production | 235 |
Starch Properties and Uses | 253 |
Diversity of Uses | 297 |
Cultural Anthropological Aspect | 321 |
Future of Sago Palm in the 21st Century | 341 |
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