Cacao and Its Allies
Author : José Cuatrecasas
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Page : 254 pages
File Size : 10,30 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Sterculiaceae
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Author : José Cuatrecasas
Publisher :
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 10,30 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Sterculiaceae
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Author : Jorge Cuatrecasas
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Page : 236 pages
File Size : 24,36 MB
Release : 1964
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Author : Jorge Cuatrecasas
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 1964
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Author : United States national museum (Washington). National herbarium
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Page : 4 pages
File Size : 40,83 MB
Release : 1964
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Author : B. G. D. Bartley
Publisher : CABI
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 12,55 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781845930240
The cacao (Theobroma cacao) plant is an important Neo-Tropical species whose natural habitat is the Amazon basin. Over the last 30 years there has been a considerable geographical expansion in the availability of cacao genetic resources. As a result the plant has a rich genetic diversity that exists at two levels: that of the primitive populations in the area of original distribution of the species, and that of the derived cultivated populations. This book provides a comprehensive review of our current knowledge of the diversity of the species. It starts by examining the diversity and inheritance of the characteristics of primitive populations in the Amazonian and Caribbean regions. It then looks at the evolution of diversity within cultivated populations first in South America and around the Caribbean, and then beyond the Americas. The book describes the inter-relationships between populations based on morphological and molecular markers. It also examines the conservation of genetic resources and how these genetic resources can be utilized to produce new cultivars.
Author : A. A. Hanson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 2019-07-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1000694011
First published in 1987, this two-volume set is an exhaustive compilation of the most recent data on economically important crops. Volume I presents information on genetics, botany and growth of crop plants, while Volume II covers the production of Crops and their utilization.
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Page : 854 pages
File Size : 47,85 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Meteorology
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Vols. 1-69 include more or less complete patent reports of the U. S. Patent Office for years 1825-1859. cf. Index to v. 1-120 of the Journal, p. [415]
Author : Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Page : 878 pages
File Size : 44,23 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Meteorology
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Vols. 1-69 include more or less complete patent reports of the U. S. Patent Office for years 1825-59.
Author : Henry Watts
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Page : 1158 pages
File Size : 16,90 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Chemistry
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Author : Órla Ryan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 39,23 MB
Release : 2012-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1780320795
Chocolate - the very word conjures up a hint of the forbidden and a taste of the decadent. Yet the story behind the chocolate bar is rarely one of luxury. From the thousands of children who work on plantations to the smallholders who harvest the beans, Chocolate Nations reveals the hard economic realities of our favourite sweet. This vivid and gripping exploration of the reasons behind farmer poverty includes the human stories of the producers and traders at the heart of the West African industry. Orla Ryan shows that only a tiny fraction of the cash we pay for a chocolate bar actually makes it back to the farmers, and sheds light on what Fair Trade really means on the ground. Provocative and eye-opening, Chocolate Nations exposes the true story of how the treat we love makes it on to our supermarket shelves.