The Eleusines : a review of the world literature / Kenneth O. Rachie and LeRoy V. Peters.
Publication details: [Hyderabad, India] : International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, [foreword 1977]Description: vii, 179 p. ; 22 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- 633.171 19 RAC
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Contents
GENERAL AND HISTORICAL
Importance
Adaptation and Use
Historical
TRADITIONAL PRODUCING REGIONS
Africa
India
China and Japan
THE PLANT
Taxonomy
SYNONYMS AND VERNACULAR NAMES
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTIONS
Classifying the Cultivated Species
Morphology-Anatomy
PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONS
Floral Biology
Physiology
Cytology and Cytogenetics
CHROMOSOME COMPLEMENTS
CHROMOSOMAL IRREGULARITIES
MUTAGENIC AND POLYPLOIDIZING AGENTS
Genetics
INHERITANCE OF CHARACTERS
CORRELATIONS
SPECIES RELATIONSHIPS
CONCLUSIONS ON GENETICS OF ELEUSINES
BREEDING
The Importance of Breeding
Crossing Techniques
Selection Indices
Plant Types and Characteristics
Breeding Progress in India
Breeding Progress in Africa
Coordinated Ragi Improvement Programs
Conclusions on Breeding
GROWING THE CROP
Adaptation and Use
Sri Lanka
Malaysia
Africa
Tanzania
Uganda
The Americas
Far East
Regional Cultural Practices
Crop Rotations and Associations
Land Preparation
Seasons
Fertilizing
Planting
Weeding and Inter-Cultivation
Harvesting and Threshing
Management Investigations
Land Preparation Experiments
Rotations and Associations
Time of Sowing
Seasons and Genotypes
Seeding Experiments
Transplanting Experiments
Age of Seedlings
Clonal Propagation
Irrigated Ragi
Populations and Spacings
Fertilizers
Organic and, Green Manures
Mixing Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers
Compost Sources
Fertilizer Use in Africa
Major Nutrient Response
Azotobacter in the Root Zone
Balancing of Elements
Genotype and Plant Development
Source of Nitrogen
Phosphorus Effects
Potash Effects
Foliar Nutrition
Mineral Content of the Plant
Minor Nutrients
Effects of Soil Salinity
Chemical Weed Control
Conclusions on Agronomical Investigations
PLANT PROTECTION
Diseases
BiAST (Pyricularia sp.)
BLIGHT AND Ro's (Cochliobolus nodidosus
Luttrell)
SMUT (AMelanopsiclhium eleusis (Kulk)
Mundk and Thirum)
WILT OR FOOT RO' (Sclerotium rolfsii
(Sacc.) Curzi)
DOWNY MILDEW (Sclerophthora macrospora
(Sacc.) Thirumn., Shaw and Naras)
OTHER FUNCUS DISEASES
Bacterial Diseases
Virus Diseases
Phanerogamic Parasites (Stiga Spp.)
Non-Pathogenic Disorders
Nutritional Disorders
INSECTS AND ANIMAL PESTS
India
Stem Boring Insects
Sucking Insects
Bugs and Beetles
White Grubsi
Midges
Bug Pests of Developing Seeds
Stored Grain Pests
Africa
Locusts and Grasshoppers
Stem Borers
Foliage Ckterpillars
Bugs and Beetles
Midges
Conclusions on Diseases and Pests
THE PRODUCT
Storage 117 Processing
NATIVE GRINDING METHODS
MILLING
Utilization
MALTING
Chemical Composition
SEED STRUCTURE
PHYSICAL STRUCTURE
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SEED FRACTIONS
CARBOHYDRATES AND FATS
PROTEINS
GENOTYPE EFFECT
TYPES OF PROTEIN
AMINO ACIDS
CYSTINE
MICRO-BIOLOGICAl. ESTIMATES
NON-ESSENTIAl. AMINO ACIDS
MINERALuS
VITAMINS
OTHER SUBSTANCES
NUTRITION INVESTIGATIONS
Vitamin Availability
Calcium and Phosphorus from Ragi
Protein Efficiency
Blending Ragi with Other Cereals
Supplementing Ragi Diets
Refining Ragi Flour
Ragi Malt
Ragi in Animal Feedstuffs
Ragi Straw Quality
TRADE AND MARKETING
CONCLUSIONS ON THE RAGI PRODUCT
Bibliography: p. [156]-179.
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