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Tropical crops --- Agriculture --- Tropics.

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This open access book describes recent innovations in food systems based on root, tuber and banana crops in developing countries. These innovations respond to many of the challenges facing these vital crops, linked to their vegetative seed and bulky and perishable produce. The innovations create value, food, jobs and new sources of income while improving the wellbeing and quality of life of their users. Women are often key players in the production, processing and marketing of roots, tubers and bananas, so successful innovation needs to consider gender. These crops and their value chains have long been neglected by research and development, hence this book contributes to filling in the gap. The book features many outcomes of the CGIAR Research Program in Roots, Tubers and Banana (RTB), which operated from 2012-21, encompassing many tropical countries, academic and industry partners, multiple crops, and major initiatives. It describes the successful innovation model developed by RTB that brings together diverse partners and organizations, to create value for the end users and to generate positive economic and social outcomes. RTB has accelerated the scaling of innovations to reach many end users cost effectively. Though most of the book’s examples and insights are from Africa, they can be applied worldwide. The book will be useful for decision makers designing policies to scale up agricultural solutions, for researchers and extension specialists seeking practical ideas, and for scholars of innovation.

Agricultural science --- Genetics (non-medical) --- Business & management --- Scalling innovation --- tropical crops --- banana --- cassava --- sweet potato --- yams --- agriculture value creation --- crop waste management --- digital pest control --- citizen science --- Conreu --- Tubercles --- Bananes --- Economia agrària --- Països en vies de desenvolupament

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Tropical crops --- Coffee --- Cocoa --- Periodicals. --- Cocoa. --- Coffee. --- Tropical crops. --- Indonesia. --- coffee --- cocoa --- agriculture --- soil --- post harvest --- Plantation crops --- Tropical agriculture --- Agriculture --- Crops --- Field crops --- Tropical plants --- Coffea --- Coffea arabica --- Psychotropic plants --- Rubiaceae --- Seed crops --- Beverages --- Chocolate --- R.I. --- RI --- Indonesia --- Dutch East Indies --- Endonèsie --- Indanezii͡ --- Indonesi --- Indonesya --- Indonezia --- Indonezii͡ --- Indonezija --- İndoneziya --- İndoneziya Respublikası --- Indūnīsīy --- Induonezėj --- Jumhūrīyah Indūnīsīy --- PDRI --- Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia --- Republic of Indonesia --- Republic of the United States of Indonesia --- Republica d'Indonesia --- Republiek van Indonesi --- Republik Indonesia --- Republik Indonesia Serikat --- Republika Indonezii͡ --- Republika Indonezija --- Rėspublika Indanezii͡ --- United States of Indonesia --- Yinni --- Plant products --- Cooking (Cocoa) --- Indoneshia --- Indoneshia Kyōwakoku --- Dutch East Indies (Territory under Japanese occupation, 1942-1945) --- Indanezii︠a︡ --- Indonesië --- Indonezii︠a︡ --- Indūnīsīyā --- Induonezėjė --- Jumhūrīyah Indūnīsīyā --- Republiek van Indonesië --- Republika Indonezii︠a︡ --- Rėspublika Indanezii︠a︡

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Tropical crop plants are one of the natural world’s most valuable assets. However, the genetic resources of tropical plants are underutilized and in danger of being lost due to the destruction of natural habitats, the high costs of conservation programs, and our lack of appreciation of the worth of these precious resources. Considering the tropical origin of much of the biological diversity that is responsible for genes and phenotypes of temperate crops, there is a critical need for assessing the genomics of tropical plant species. Genomics of Tropical Crop Plants summarizes recent progress on genomic research, including the development of molecular markers, genomic and cDNA libraries, expressed sequence tags (ESTs), genetic and physical maps, gene expression profiles, and whole genome sequences for 20 tropical crop plants. It offers background information about the evolutionary origin and environments of tropical crop species, international programs that are addressing the needs of tropical agriculture, and the potential for new technologies to increase the productivity and value of tropical crops. This book provides new dimensions to growing information concerning temperate crops and their morphology, physiology, and parallel evolution in diverse plant lineages. This book will appeal to graduate students, post graduates, researchers, and professionals in plant breeding, genetics, germplasm conservation, and agronomy of tropical crop plants. About the Editors: Paul H. Moore is a world authority on tropical plants with a particular focus on sugarcane, papaya, and pineapple. In his almost 40-year career, he has published over 150 papers in highly reputable scientific journals and is considered the foremost expert in sugarcane. He along with Dr. Ming are co-Editors-in-Chief of the new Springer journal, Tropical Plant Biology. Dr. Ray Ming is an associate professor of plant biology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois and has done extensive research on papaya, coffee, pineapple, and sugarcane. His expertise includes work on evolution of sex chromosomes in plants, and the structure and organization of the papaya genome.

Tropical crops --- Plant genetics --- Genetics. --- Research. --- Plantation crops --- Tropical agriculture --- Agriculture --- Crops --- Field crops --- Tropical plants --- Plants --- Genetics --- Botany. --- Plant genetics. --- Plant diseases. --- Plant Sciences. --- Plant Genetics and Genomics. --- Plant Pathology. --- Botany --- Communicable diseases in plants --- Crop diseases --- Diseases of plants --- Microbial diseases in plants --- Pathological botany --- Pathology, Vegetable --- Phytopathology --- Plant pathology --- Vegetable pathology --- Agricultural pests --- Crop losses --- Diseased plants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Plant pathologists --- Plant quarantine --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Pathology --- Diseases and pests --- Diseases --- Wounds and injuries --- Plant science. --- Plant pathology. --- Floristic botany

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A textbook providing basic data about the crop pests and the damage they inflict throughout the tropics and sub-tropics. Each major pest is illustrated by either a line drawing or a photograph, and sometimes the damage can also be seen. A world distribution map is provided for each species. Control measures tend to be general rather than very specific. Most of the pests are insects and mites, but some nematodes, molluscs, birds and mammals are included.

Plant physiology. Plant biophysics --- systematische plantkunde --- Insects. Springtails --- landbouw --- insecten --- Agriculture. Animal husbandry. Hunting. Fishery --- Tropical crops --- Agricultural pests --- Cultures tropicales --- Diseases and pests --- Control --- Maladies et fléaux --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVBIOLO LIVBIOMO LIVMEDEC SPRINGER-B --- Entomology. --- Plant diseases. --- Agriculture. --- Plant Pathology. --- Botany --- Communicable diseases in plants --- Crop diseases --- Crops --- Diseases of plants --- Microbial diseases in plants --- Pathological botany --- Pathology, Vegetable --- Phytopathology --- Plant pathology --- Plants --- Vegetable pathology --- Crop losses --- Diseased plants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Plant pathologists --- Plant quarantine --- Insects --- Zoology --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Pathology --- Diseases --- Wounds and injuries --- Plant pathology. --- Diseases and pests. --- Control.