Amaranthus: A Promising Crop of Future

Amaranthus: A Promising Crop of Future by Saubhik Das.

This book serves the larger community of plant researchers working on the taxonomy, species delimitation, phylogeny, and biogeography of pseudo-cereals, with a special emphasis on amaranths. It also provides extensive information on the nutritive value of underutilized pseudo-cereals, the goal being...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Das, Saubhik (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Plant systematics.
Plant taxonomy.
Plant breeding.
Plant physiology.
Agriculture.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Pseudo-cereals: an efficient food supplement
  • 3. Amaranths: the crop of great prospect
  • 4. Infrageneric classification of Amaranthus
  • 5. Taxonomy and phylogeny of amaranths
  • 6. Weed and Herbicide resistance
  • 7. Distribution and maintenance of amaranth germplasm world-wide
  • 8. Breeding of amaranth
  • 9. Evolution of sexualty in Amaranthus
  • 10. Cultvation of Amaranthus
  • 11. Future prospects in amaranth research.

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