Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2: Genetics, breeding, pests and diseases
Originating in South America, cassava is now grown in over 100 countries around the world. It is the third most important source of calories in the tropics after rice and maize. Its caloric value, as well as its ability to tolerate dry conditions and poor soils, makes it a key food security crop in...
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Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
2017
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| author | Clair, Hershey |
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| description | Originating in South America, cassava is now grown in over 100 countries around the world. It is the third most important source of calories in the tropics after rice and maize. Its caloric value, as well as its ability to tolerate dry conditions and poor soils, makes it a key food security crop in developing countries, particularly in Africa. As demand for food grows, there is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests and diseases and the need to make cultivation more resource-efficient and sustainable.
Drawing on an international range of expertise, this collection focuses on ways of improving the cultivation of cassava at each step in the value chain, from breeding to post-harvest storage. Volume 1 starts by reviewing genetic resources, advances in breeding and their application to produce varieties with desirable traits such as higher yield. It then goes on to review developments in understanding and managing pests and diseases.
Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2: Genetic resources, breeding, pests and diseases will be a standard reference for agricultural scientists in universities, government and other research centres and companies involved in improving cassava cultivation. It is accompanied by Volume 1 which reviews cultivation techniques. |
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| spelling | CGSpace899332025-03-13T09:46:02Z Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2: Genetics, breeding, pests and diseases Clair, Hershey manihot esculenta cassava plant breeding fitomejoramiento value chain plant diseases enfermedades de las plantas genetic resources recursos genéticos food security seguridad alimentaria Originating in South America, cassava is now grown in over 100 countries around the world. It is the third most important source of calories in the tropics after rice and maize. Its caloric value, as well as its ability to tolerate dry conditions and poor soils, makes it a key food security crop in developing countries, particularly in Africa. As demand for food grows, there is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests and diseases and the need to make cultivation more resource-efficient and sustainable. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this collection focuses on ways of improving the cultivation of cassava at each step in the value chain, from breeding to post-harvest storage. Volume 1 starts by reviewing genetic resources, advances in breeding and their application to produce varieties with desirable traits such as higher yield. It then goes on to review developments in understanding and managing pests and diseases. Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2: Genetic resources, breeding, pests and diseases will be a standard reference for agricultural scientists in universities, government and other research centres and companies involved in improving cassava cultivation. It is accompanied by Volume 1 which reviews cultivation techniques. 2017 2018-01-05T20:17:28Z 2018-01-05T20:17:28Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89933 en Limited Access Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited Clair, Hershey (Ed). 2017. Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2: Genetics, breeding, pests and diseases . Burleigh Dodds, 322 p. (Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science) |
| spellingShingle | manihot esculenta cassava plant breeding fitomejoramiento value chain plant diseases enfermedades de las plantas genetic resources recursos genéticos food security seguridad alimentaria Clair, Hershey Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2: Genetics, breeding, pests and diseases |
| title | Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2: Genetics, breeding, pests and diseases |
| title_full | Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2: Genetics, breeding, pests and diseases |
| title_fullStr | Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2: Genetics, breeding, pests and diseases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2: Genetics, breeding, pests and diseases |
| title_short | Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2: Genetics, breeding, pests and diseases |
| title_sort | achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava volume 2 genetics breeding pests and diseases |
| topic | manihot esculenta cassava plant breeding fitomejoramiento value chain plant diseases enfermedades de las plantas genetic resources recursos genéticos food security seguridad alimentaria |
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