Biodiversity And Domestication Of Yams In West Africa

Author : Roland Dumont
Publisher : Editions Quae
ISBN 13 : 9782876146327
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biodiversity and Domestication of Yams in West Africa written by Roland Dumont and published by Editions Quae. This book was released on 2006-07-17 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of yam domestication practices among smallholders has provided an insight into how farmers exploit wild plant genetic resources so as to adapt them to agriculture. This book describes the domestication operations leading to Dioscorea rotundata yams in Africa. The biodiversity of these yams and of their wild relatives is investigated, and the authors put forward hypotheses to explain the phenotypic changes resulting from smallholder practices. These hypotheses could be possible lines of research for breeders.

Author : Jack Rodney Harlan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521764599
Total Pages : 639 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biodiversity in Agriculture written by Jack Rodney Harlan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-23 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together research from a range of fields to address key questions relating to agriculture: its origins and long-term sustainability.

Author : Muluneh Tamiru Oli
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN 13 : 386727018X
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assessing Diversity in Yams (Dioscorea Spp.) from Ethiopia Based on Morphology, AFLP Markers and Tuber Quality, and Farmers' Management of Landraces written by Muluneh Tamiru Oli and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2006 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chittaranjan Kole
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 364221102X
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources written by Chittaranjan Kole and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes comprehensive examinations of the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, as well as of their evolution and phylogenetic relationship. Further topics include their role as model plants, genetic erosion and conservation efforts, and their domestication for the purposes of bioenergy, phytomedicines, nutraceuticals and phytoremediation. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources comprises 10 volumes on Cereals, Millets and Grasses, Oilseeds, Legume Crops and Forages, Vegetables, Temperate Fruits, Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Industrial Crops, Plantation and Ornamental Crops, and Forest Trees. It contains 125 chapters written by nearly 400 well-known authors from about 40 countries.

Author : Vincent Lebot
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 178924336X
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tropical Root and Tuber Crops, 2nd Edition written by Vincent Lebot and published by CABI. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Root and tuber crops are important to agriculture, food security and income for 2.2 billion people in developing countries. These species produce large quantities of dietary energy and have stable yields under difficult environmental conditions. This second edition of Tropical Root and Tuber Crops is an authoritative treatment of four important root and tuber crops: cassava. sweet potato, yams, and aroids.

Author : World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401122822
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Biodiversity written by World Conservation Monitoring Centre and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Biodiversity is the most comprehensive compendium of conservation information ever published. It provides the first systematic report on the status, distribution, management, and utilisation of the planet's biological wealth.

Author : Robert C. Allen
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019162053X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Economic History: A Very Short Introduction written by Robert C. Allen and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are some countries rich and others poor? In 1500, the income differences were small, but they have grown dramatically since Columbus reached America. Since then, the interplay between geography, globalization, technological change, and economic policy has determined the wealth and poverty of nations. The industrial revolution was Britain's path breaking response to the challenge of globalization. Western Europe and North America joined Britain to form a club of rich nations by pursuing four polices-creating a national market by abolishing internal tariffs and investing in transportation, erecting an external tariff to protect their fledgling industries from British competition, banks to stabilize the currency and mobilize domestic savings for investment, and mass education to prepare people for industrial work. Together these countries pioneered new technologies that have made them ever richer. Before the Industrial Revolution, most of the world's manufacturing was done in Asia, but industries from Casablanca to Canton were destroyed by western competition in the nineteenth century, and Asia was transformed into 'underdeveloped countries' specializing in agriculture. The spread of economic development has been slow since modern technology was invented to fit the needs of rich countries and is ill adapted to the economic and geographical conditions of poor countries. A few countries - Japan, Soviet Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, and perhaps China - have, nonetheless, caught up with the West through creative responses to the technological challenge and with Big Push industrialization that has achieved rapid growth through investment coordination. Whether other countries can emulate the success of East Asia is a challenge for the future. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Jack R. Harlan
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110806371
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Origins of African Plant Domestication written by Jack R. Harlan and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-24 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : T. K. Lim
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401772762
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants written by T. K. Lim and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 10 is part of a multi compendium Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. This work is of significant interest to medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, botanists, agriculturists, conservationists and general public. 59 plant species with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs in the families Amaranthaceae, Cannaceae, Cibotiaceae, Convolvulaceae, Cyperaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Iridaceae, Lamiaceae, Marantaceae, Nelumbonaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Orchidaceae, Oxalidaceae, Piperaceae, Poaceae, Rubiaceae, Simaroubaceae, Solanaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Typhaceae and Zingiberaceae. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/ vernacular names; origin/ distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts/uses; botany; nutritive/medicinal properties, nonedible uses and selected references.

Author : Martine Berlan-Darqué
Publisher : Editions Quae
ISBN 13 : 2759200604
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Landscape, from Knowledge to Action written by Martine Berlan-Darqué and published by Editions Quae. This book was released on 2008 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: