New Agricultural Crops

Gary A Ritchie (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2020
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-0-367-17112-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This book introduces a variety of new crop species that are energy- and water-efficient, well adapted to marginal lands and suited to intensive culture. It focuses on a technological strategy which holds immense promise for world agriculture and the ultimate benefit of man in near and long term.

Autor

Gary A. Ritchie is research project leader in the Western Forestry Research Center of the Weyerhaeuser Company.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Ancient Crops for the Twenty-first Century 2. The Winged Bean as an Agricultural Crop 3. Amaranth: Gentle Giant of the Past and Future 4. The Buffalo Gourd: A Potential Arid Land Crop 5. Mesquite: An All-purpose Leguminous Arid Land Tree 6. Atriplex as a Forage Crop for Arid Lands 7. Cassia: A Tropical Essential Oil Crop 8. Guayule: Domestic Natural Rubber Rediscovered 9. Jojoba: A New Crop for Arid Regions 10. Leucaena: Versatile Tropical Tree Legume

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2020
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 453 g
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 0-367-17112-0 / 0367171120
• ISBN-13: 978-0-367-17112-4 / 9780367171124
• Zustand: Neuware