Plant Protection in Tropical Root and Tuber Crops
This book is a compilation of information on insect/mite/vertebrate pests and fungal/bacterial/viral/mycoplasma/nematode diseases of tropical root and tuber crops such as cassava, sweet potato, yams, taro, Amorphophallus, yam bean and tannia. The book highlights the distribution, symptoms and damage...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New Delhi :
Springer India : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
|
| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2389-4 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- 1. Tropical Root and Tuber Crops: An Overview
- 2. Cassava, Manihot esculenta
- 3. Sweet Potato, Ipomoea batatas
- 4. Taro, Colocasia esculenta
- 5. Yams, Dioscorea spp.
- 6. Chinese Potato, Plectranthus rotundifolius
- 7. Elephant Foot Yam, Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
- 8. Yam Bean, Pachyrrhizus erosus
- 9. Achira, Canna edulis
- 10. Winged bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
- 11. Tannia, Xanthosoma sagittifolium
- 12. Enset, Ensete ventricosum
- 13. Arrowroot, Maranta arundinacea
- 14. Crepe Ginger, Cheilocostus speciosus
- 15. The Way Forward.