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The tropical tuber crops : yams, cassava, sweet potato, and coco yams / I. C. Onwueme.

By: Publication details: Chichester : John Wiley & sons, inc., c1978. Description: xiv, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 047110227X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 635. 2  ONW
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Contents;

Section A: Yams
1. origin, classification and growth cycle of the yam plant
2. Botany of the yam plant
3. The yam tuber
4. Modes of yam propagation
5. Planting yam
6. Crop maintenance in the field
7. Harvesting and storage
8. Diseases and pests of yam
9. Utilization and economic importance of yam
10. present problems and future prospects for yam production

Section B: Cassava
11. Botany of cassava
12. Planting cassava
13. Field operations
14. Diseases and pests of cassava
15. Utilization
16. Cassava improvement and economic importance

Section C: Sweet potato
17. Origin, classification, genetics and botany of sweet potato
18. Cultivation, harvesting and storage
19. Diseases and pests of sweet potato
20. Utilization, economic importance and future prospects

Section D: Colocasia and xanthosoma (cocoyams)
21. Origin, classification and botany of cocoyams
22. Cultivation of cocoyams
23. Harvesting, storage, diseases, and pests of cocoyams
24. Utilization, economics and future prospects of cocoyams

References : p. 226-227 . _ Index : p. 228-234.

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