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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: George, Raymond A. T.
Corporate Author: C.A.B. International
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, [2011]
Subjects:
Tropical vegetables > Developing countries.
Electronic books.
Crops, Agricultural.
Vegetables.
Developing Countries.
Tropical Climate.
Ebooks.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Tropics and vegetables defined, concept of subsistence farming, small farmer enterprises and the importance of vegetables in the human diet
  • Choice of site, site security, topography, soils, water supply and irrigation
  • Modification of environment, site management, seed supply, seed classes and types of vegetable cultivars
  • Farmers' information, support, extension and research backing
  • Crop preparations and crop management
  • Pest, pathogen and pesticide definitions, integrated pest management, physiological disorders, organic production, post-harvest losses and market opportunities
  • Alliaceae onions and related crops
  • Cruciferae. Crucifers
  • Cucurbitaceae cucurbits, the vine crops
  • Solanaceae tomato and related crops
  • Leguminosae beans and related crops as vegetables and pulses
  • Leafy vegetables
  • Graminae and Cyperaceae
  • Andean tubers and roots, Lamiacae and Apiaceae
  • Graminae and Cyperaceae.