Potato Seed Production for Tropical Africa
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Publisher : International Potato Center
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 31,74 MB
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Page : 220 pages
File Size : 31,74 MB
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Author : James Mwangi Ng'ang'a
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File Size : 39,54 MB
Release : 1982
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 21,21 MB
Release : 2006-10-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0309164540
This report is the second in a series of three evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volume describes the characteristics of 18 little-known indigenous African vegetables (including tubers and legumes) that have potential as food- and cash-crops but are typically overlooked by scientists and policymakers and in the world at large. The book assesses the potential of each vegetable to help overcome malnutrition, boost food security, foster rural development, and create sustainable landcare in Africa. Each species is described in a separate chapter, based on information gathered from and verified by a pool of experts throughout the world. Volume I describes African grains and Volume III African fruits.
Author : Crissman, C.
Publisher : International Potato Center
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 48,1 MB
Release : 1993-05-31
Category : Potatoes
ISBN : 9290601671
Author : Bill Hardy
Publisher : International Potato Center
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 14,87 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Potatoes
ISBN : 9789290601753
Author : Peter Gildemacher
Publisher : Kit Pub
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,28 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Potatoes
ISBN : 9789460224072
The potato has the potential to raise smallholder income and improve food security in Eastern Africa. While improving the quality of seed potatoes can contribute to increasing its productivity, most farmers largely rely on the seed potatoes they save themselves. Seed potato system interventions need to address the quality of specially multiplied and farm-saved seed potatoes simultaneously. This book shows that positive selectionthe selection of healthy looking mother plants for the production of seed potatoes by aware potato farmerscan contribute to improving seed potato quality and the quality of the subsequent harvest.
Author : Jan Low
Publisher : CABI
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 40,42 MB
Release : 2015-10-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 1780644205
Sweetpotato and potato are expanding faster than any other food crops in sub-Saharan Africa. There is growing investment in research to address bottlenecks in value chains concerning these two crops, and growing interest from the private sector in investing in them. This book addresses five major themes on sweetpotato and potato: policies for germplasm exchange, food security and trade in Africa; seed systems; breeding and disease management; post-harvest management, processing technologies and marketing systems; nutritional value and changing behaviours.
Author : Gad Loebenstein
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 831 pages
File Size : 37,79 MB
Release : 2013-12-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400707916
It appears that a comprehensive and up-to-date book on the impact of virus diseases on the major crops in developing countries is now much needed, especially as there have been rapid advances in the biological and molecular characterization and detection of the pathogens and possible approaches for their control. On the other hand, the economic losses caused by many of these diseases are tremendous and much of the accumulated knowledge to diminish the crop losses has not filtered through, or cannot be applied. This book is focused on the important crops. Each chapter on a specific crop will include inter alia, geographical distribution, the viruses - symptoms, damage, detection - a brief description of the viruses concerned, and present and future ways for their control. Experts from India, Nigeria, UK, USA, France, Germany, Peru, Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Venezuela, Kazakhstan and Israel (many of them from the International Research Institutions) have contributed chapters to this book.
Author : Patricio Malagamba
Publisher : International Potato Center
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 13,17 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Potatoes
ISBN : 9789290601166
Author : Philippe Prior
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 48,49 MB
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 3662035928
Jointly published with INRA, Paris. Bacterial wilt, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, is a very destructive plant disease that attacks over 450 different species, including many of the most important economic crop plants. Often endemic, the bacterium transmits through the soil, penetrates the plant root system and eventually causes irreversible wilting and death. This book summarizes the current information on bacterial wilt for both the basic research community and for concerned professionals who are faced with the disease in the field, offering the latest approaches to diagnosis and control of the disease. Emphasis is placed on integrated and biologically sustainable control methods. Also presented is the most recent genetic/biochemical research exploring the interaction between the bacterium and its plant host at the molecular level.