Potatoes : production, consumption and health benefits

Author(s)

• Caprara, Claudio

Bibliographic Information

Potatoes : production, consumption and health benefits

Claudio Caprara, editor

（Agriculture issues and policies series）

Nova Science Publishers, c2012

• : hardcover

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book presents an overview of the cultivation of the potato, pointing out some aspects in relation to its production, consumption and importance for consumer health. The aim is to offer a glimpse of the forest rather than the single tree, but not failing to focus on "a few trees". The approach is interdisciplinary, and in this sense the history and the climatic aspects that favour cultivation are highlighted first, ideally starting with contributions on the South-America and then moving eastwards, following the diffusion of the potato in the rest of the world. Some technological aspects are then tackled linked to cultivation, harvest, post-harvest, production and utilisation of potatoes. Lastly some aspects are dealt with, nutritional and not, relating to the importance of potatoes on the health of the consumer.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Chuno & Tunta
• the Traditional Andean Sun-Dried Potatoes
• Effects of Climatic Factors on Potato Crop
• Climate Change: Challenge for Potato Production in South-East Europe
• Land Suitability Assessment for Potato Cultivation in an Italian Region: A Gis Based Analysis
• Improving the Conditions of Potato Production by the Automation of Potato Harvesting Tasks Using Machine Vision
• Post-harvest Diseases & Disorders of Potato Tuber Solanum Tuberosum L.
• Bioreactors to Induce Potato Multiplication
• Signal Transduction Mechanisms Involved in Potato Developmental Processes
• Sweet Potato: Health Benefits, Production & Utilization in China
• Potential Health-Promoting Properties of Potato-Derived Proteins, Peptides & Phenolic Compounds
• Composition & Health Benefits of Potato Peel
• Biological Properties of Potato Peptides
• Index.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BD00529601
• ISBN:
  • 9781621007036
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 250 p.
• Size: 27 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : SB211.P8
  • DC23 : 635/.21
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Potatoes
  • LCSH : Potatoes -- Health aspects
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA91400311