Root Crops

Cover

Root Crops (NRI, 1987, 308 p.)

1. (introduction...)
2. Acknowledgments
3. Preface
4. Introduction
5. Abbreviations
6. African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa)
7. Añu (Tropaeolum tuberosum)
8. Arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza)
9. Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia)
10. Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
11. Cassava (Manihot esculenta)
12. Chavar (Hitchenia caulina)
13. Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)
14. Chufa (Cyperus esculentus)
15. East Indian arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides)
16. Elephant yam (Amorphophallus spp.)
17. False yam (Icacina senegalensis)
18. Giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhiza)
19. Hausa potato (Solenostemon rotundifolius)
20. Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
21. Kudzu (Pueraria lobata)
22. Lotus root (Nelumbo nucifera)
23. Maca (Lepidium meyenni)
24. Oca (Oxalis tuberosa)
25. Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
26. Queensland arrowroot (Canna indica)
27. Radish (Raphanus sativus)
28. Shoti (Curcuma zedoario)
29. Swamp taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis)
30. Sweet potato (Ipomaea batatas)
31. Tannia (Xanthosoma spp.)
32. Taro (Colocasia esculenta)
33. Topee tambo (Calathea allouia)
34. Ullucu (Ullucus tuberosus)
35. Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus)
36. Yacón (Polymnia sonchifolia)
37. Yam (Dioscorea spp.)
    • (introduction...)
    • Bitter yam (Dioscorea dumetorum)
    • Chinese yam (Dioscorea opposita)
    • Cush-cush yam (Dioscorea trifida)
    • Greater yam (Dioscorea alata)
    • Intoxicating yam (Dioscorea hispida)
    • Lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta)
    • Potato yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)
    • White yam (Dioscorea rotundata)
    • Yellow yam (Dioscorea cayenensis)
38. Yam bean (Pachyrrhizus erosus)
39. Appendixes
    • A. Root crop distribution on a climatic basis
    • B. Estimated world production figures for the major root crops ('000 t/a)
    • C. Pesticides mentioned in the text
    • D. Index of trivial names