Handbook of industrial crops
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Bibliographic Information
Handbook of industrial crops
(Food Products Press crop science / Amarjit S. Basra, senior editor)
Food Products Press : Haworth Reference Press, c2005
- : hard
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
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  Fukushima
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  Gunma
  Saitama
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  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A handy guide on crops of international importance
The Handbook of Industrial Crops is a comprehensive exploration of 12 important agricultural components of economy and export trade. The book examines the aspects of cultivation and trade in addition to the available information on the evolution and adaptation of each agricultural crop. With this extensive resource, you get detailed, up-to-date information on each species' origin and botany, cultivation and harvest, and prospective future of available production and demand to set you up for higher production and sales.
The Handbook of Industrial Crops focuses on such commercial crops as:
arecanut
cashew
cocoa
coconut
coffee
palm oil
palmyrah
rubber
tea
wattle
In the Handbook of Industrial Crops, you will gain a better understanding of the industries these cash crops are grown for, including:
foodsuch as edible oils, nuts, beverages, or flavorings
latex
resins and lubricants
drugs and nutraceuticals
timber
With the Handbook of Industrial Crops, you will gain extensive knowledge from the world's leading experts in plantation crops and individual species. The book supplies the most recent statistics in world production, yields, and income potential. In this manual, you'll find numerous references, tables, and figures, along with contact information for research centers, organizations, and government entities to help you further.
Table of Contents
About the Editors,, Contributors,, Introduction,, Chapter 1. Arecanut (K. V. A. Bavappa and D. Balasimha),, Introduction,, Origin, History, and Distribution,, Botany and Taxonomy,, Cytogenetics,, Germplasm Collection,, Crop Improvement,, Growing Conditions,, Diseases and Pests ,, Harvesting and Processing,, Future Outlook,, Chapter 2. Cardamom (M. R. Sudharshan and V. S. Korikanthimath),, Introduction,, World Trade,, History,, Systematics, Evolution, and Adaptation,, Botany,, Cytology,, Germplasm Collection, Availability, and Exchange,, Crop Improvement,, Crop Management,, Harvesting and Processing,, Cardamom in Countries Other Than India,, End Products,, Research and Development Organizations Concerned with Cardamom,, Chapter 3. Cashew (E. V. V. Bhaskara Rao and K. R. M. Swamy),, Introduction,, Origin, Evolutionary History, and Distribution,, Area and Production,, World Trade of Cashew,, Economic Botany,, Taxonomy,, Cytogenetics,, Crop Management,, Planting Technology,, Pest and Disease Management,, End Products Use,, Coated Cashew Kernels,, Research and Development Organizations,, Future Outlook,, Chapter 4. Cinchona (Rajendra Gupta),, Origin and Uses,, Characteristics and Chemistry of Plantation Species,, Extraction, Production, and Trade,, Research: Development of Improved Cultivation Practices,, Diseases and Pests ,, Biotechnic
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