Publisher's Synopsis
This reference provides a thorough overview of cereals, legumes, fruits and vegetables, and sugar crops in one volume. Coverage addresses all aspects of the human food chain from crop production technology to harvesting, handling, storage and processing. Environmental factors, insect pests, diseases and weeds and methods for their control are all addressed. Particularly valuable are discussions on how to break yield barriers in grain crops; lower dependence on expensive fossil-dependent fertilizers; improve cultivars for infertile/marginal soils, and prevent post-harvest losses. Also discussed are ways to identify and rearrange priorities in global agriculture research to meet the needs of the 21st century.;This book should be of interest to students and researchers in agriculture and plant breeding; agronomists, plant geneticists, agricultural extension agents; and nutritionists.
