New Crops for Food and IndustryG.E. Wickens, N. Haq, P. Day Since plants not only provide food for man and his domestic animals but also pharmaceutical products and raw materials for industry, the development of new crops is of great importance. However, many plant species remain unexploited or are only utilized at a local level. This book provides information on the current research into the use of such crops and on their development in a commercial setting. Written by scientists from many different countries, it covers a wide variety of both temperate and tropical crops, their cultivation, marketing and development, and the socio-economic and environmental factors influencing their utilization. |
Contents
IV | 13 |
V | 23 |
VI | 29 |
VII | 36 |
IX | 53 |
X | 66 |
XI | 76 |
XII | 84 |
XXXI | 235 |
XXXII | 239 |
XXXIII | 246 |
XXXIV | 257 |
XXXV | 265 |
XXXVI | 272 |
XXXVII | 280 |
XLI | 288 |
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Africa agriculture agronomic algarrobo alkaloids amino acids animal areas Arkcoll Australia azadirachtin Bactris gasipaes Balanites Balanites aegyptiaca biomass Botanic breeding cassava castanospermine cent cereal chemical Clement cocona commercial compounds cost Costa Rica countries crop cultivars cultivation diseases DMDP economic evaluated example exploitation extract farmers fatty acids feed fibre flour flower food industry forage fraction fruit galamensis germplasm grain growing grown growth guayule harvest important improvement increase India insect International irrigation juice kairomone kernel landraces leaf legume maize maturity medicinal mesocarp nutritional oil palm pejibaye pests pigeonpea plant plantations pods potential problems processing production programme Prosopis protein quinoa regions roots and tubers rubber Santalum acuminatum saponins seed selection Sesbania soil species Spirulina starch studies sugar swainsonine t'ef Table trees tropical utilization varieties vegetable Vernonia galamensis wheat wild winged bean yield
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Page 423 - Palaeo-ethnobotany in America. In: Science in Archaeology. A Survey of Progress and Research. D. Brothwell and E. Higgs (Eds), pp.
References to this book
Nature's Services: Societal Dependence On Natural Ecosystems Gretchen C. Daily No preview available - 1997 |