Quinoa : botany, production and uses / Atul Bhargava, Shilpi Srivastava.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhargava, Atul, 1975- author.

Contributor:

Srivastava, Shilpi.

C.A.B. International.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quinoa.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA : CABI, 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive account of the botany, production and uses of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa). The book is divided into four sections spread over 14 chapters. Part I (chapters 1-3) introduces the readers to the crop, its history and distribution. Part II (chapters 4-5) discusses the taxonomic position based on morphological, cytological and molecular data. Part III (chapters 6-11) is dedicated to agrotechnology and includes chapters on botany, crop production and management, pathology and breeding approaches. Part IV (chapters 12-14) describes the nutritional significance of the crop, and also contains detailed discussion of the antinutritional components. The book aims to stimulate interest in the crop among academics and researchers, both novices and experts, and among those who are increasingly focused on exploiting this underutilized crop.

Contents:

Historical perspectives and domestication

Distribution

Taxonomy

Cytology and genome size

Botany

Crop production and management

Stress tolerance

Diseases and pests

Breeding

Molecular studies

Chemistry

Saponins

Transparency from production to consumption: new challenges for the quinoa market chain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Bhargava, Atul, 1975- Quinoa.

ISBN:

9781780642277

178064227X

OCLC:

858955187

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.