The Agronomy and Economy of Important Tree Crops of the Developing World

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-323-16505-1
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Major tree crops contribute substantially to the economy of many developing countries on the Asian, African and Latin American continents. For example, coffee is the main revenue earner for Kenya. This book provides a comprehensive review of the agronomy, botany, taxonomy, genetics, chemistry, economics, and future global prospects of a range of crops that have great food, industrial and economic value such as cocoa, coffee, cashew, oil palm and natural rubber.



- Discusses the major tree crops of great economic value to the developing world
- The author is an eminent scientist who has won numerous awards for his work in this area

Zielgruppe

Professionals, researchers, students, and government involved in agronomy, crop and soil sciences and plant science.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nair, K.P. Prabhakaran

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Arecanut 2. Cashewnut 3. The Coconut Palm 4. Cinchona 5. Cocoa 6. Coffee 7. Oil Palm 8. Rubber 9. Tea 10. Wattle