Quinoa ：Botany, Production and Uses

Publication subTitle ：Botany, Production and Uses

Author： Bhargava   A.; Srivastava   S.  

Publisher： CABI Publishing‎

Publication year： 2013

E-ISBN: 9781780642277

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781780642260

Subject： Q94 Botany;S3 Agriculture ( Agronomy )

Keyword： Technology Agriculture Crop Science

Language： ENG

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Description

Quinoa is an invaluable crop, highlighted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as one of the world''s main crops for future food security. The first comprehensive review of quinoa, this book includes four sections covering the history of the crop, phylogeny and systematics, botany and agrotechnology, and the qualitative aspects, economics and marketing of quinoa, making it a vital resource for students and researchers of crop science.

Chapter

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

PART I: INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY

1. Introduction

2. Historical Perspectives and Domestication

3. Distribution

PART II: PHYLOGENY AND SYSTEMATICS

4. Taxonomy

5. Cytology and Genome Size

PART III: BOTANY AND AGROTECHNOLOGY

6. Botany

7. Crop Production and Management

8. Stress Tolerance

9. Diseases and Pests

10. Breeding

11. Molecular Studies

PART IV: QUALITATIVE ASPECTS, ECONOMICS AND MARKETING

12. Chemistry

13. Saponins

14. Transparency from Production to Consumption: New Challenges for the Quinoa Market Chain

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