Underresearched tropical food crops: cowpea, banana and plantain, and yams
For a mixture of reasons certain tropical crops which are important as primary or secondary food staples are relatively underresearched. The modem tools of molecular and cellular biotechnology offer the opportunity not only to make substantial gains in our knowledge of these crops, but also to overc...
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| author | Asiedu, Robert Fatokun, C.A. Mignouna, J.H. Ng, S.Y.C. Quin, F.M. Vuylsteke, D.R. |
| author_browse | Asiedu, Robert Fatokun, C.A. Mignouna, J.H. Ng, S.Y.C. Quin, F.M. Vuylsteke, D.R. |
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| description | For a mixture of reasons certain tropical crops which are important as primary or secondary food staples are relatively underresearched. The modem tools of molecular and cellular biotechnology offer the opportunity not only to make substantial gains in our knowledge of these crops, but also to overcome some of the obstacles which presently restrain both their genetic improvement and their productivity in tropical farming Systems. The crops considered here, cowpea (Vigna unguiculatd), banana and plantain (Musa spp.), and yams (Dioscorea spp.), typify this complex situation of importance combined with historical neglect. |
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| spelling | CGSpace980242023-12-08T19:36:04Z Underresearched tropical food crops: cowpea, banana and plantain, and yams Asiedu, Robert Fatokun, C.A. Mignouna, J.H. Ng, S.Y.C. Quin, F.M. Vuylsteke, D.R. cowpeas bananas plantains yams For a mixture of reasons certain tropical crops which are important as primary or secondary food staples are relatively underresearched. The modem tools of molecular and cellular biotechnology offer the opportunity not only to make substantial gains in our knowledge of these crops, but also to overcome some of the obstacles which presently restrain both their genetic improvement and their productivity in tropical farming Systems. The crops considered here, cowpea (Vigna unguiculatd), banana and plantain (Musa spp.), and yams (Dioscorea spp.), typify this complex situation of importance combined with historical neglect. 1999 2018-11-14T06:51:43Z 2018-11-14T06:51:43Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98024 en Limited Access Springer Asiedu, R., Fatokun, C.A., Mignouna, J.H., Ng, S.Y., Quin, F.M., Vuylsteke, D.R. (1999). Underresearched tropical food crops: cowpea, banana and plantain, and yams. In In T. Hohn, K.M. Leisinger, Biotechnology of food crops in developing countries. Nwe York, U.S: Springer Vienna, (p.187-216). |
| spellingShingle | cowpeas bananas plantains yams Asiedu, Robert Fatokun, C.A. Mignouna, J.H. Ng, S.Y.C. Quin, F.M. Vuylsteke, D.R. Underresearched tropical food crops: cowpea, banana and plantain, and yams |
| title | Underresearched tropical food crops: cowpea, banana and plantain, and yams |
| title_full | Underresearched tropical food crops: cowpea, banana and plantain, and yams |
| title_fullStr | Underresearched tropical food crops: cowpea, banana and plantain, and yams |
| title_full_unstemmed | Underresearched tropical food crops: cowpea, banana and plantain, and yams |
| title_short | Underresearched tropical food crops: cowpea, banana and plantain, and yams |
| title_sort | underresearched tropical food crops cowpea banana and plantain and yams |
| topic | cowpeas bananas plantains yams |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98024 |
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