Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Cassava Volume 2

Name: Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Cassava Volume 2
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Genetics, Breeding, Pests and Diseases

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Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science

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Originating in South America, cassava is 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. 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 2 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.

Author Biography:

Dr Clair Hershey is former Cassava Program Leader at the world-famous International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Colombia. With a background in plant breeding, Dr Hershey has previously worked for the FAO and the Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (GIPB) and was Editor of Plant Breeding News.

Release date NZ

August 31st, 2017

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Professional & Vocational

Contributors

Contributions by Cileide Maria Medeiros Coelho
Contributions by Clovis Arruda de Souza
Contributions by Deivid L. V. Stefen
Contributions by Eduardo da Costa Nunes
Contributions by Enilto de Oliveira Neubert
Contributions by Fernando David Sanchez-Mora
Contributions by Marcelo Maraschin
Contributions by Rodolfo Moresco
Contributions by Virgilio Gavicho Uarrota
Edited by Clair H. Hershey

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Colour tables, photos and figures

Pages

322

Series

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science

Dimensions

152x229x19

ISBN-13

9781786760043

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25681213

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