Achieving sustainable cultivation of potatoes. Breeding, nutritional and sensory quality / Volume 1, (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Gefu Wang-Pruski.
• Editors: Wang-Pruski, Gefu
• Contents: Part 1 Plant physiology and breeding ; 1.Advances in understanding potato plant physiology and growth: Curtis M.Frederick, University of Wisconsin, USA; Masahiko Mori, Obihiro University ofAgriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan; and Paul C. Bethke, USDA-ARS and University of Wisconsin, USA ; 2.Understanding ageing processes in seed potatoes: Paul C. Struik, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands ; 3.Ensuring the genetic diversity of potatoes: John Bamberg and Shelley Jansky, USDA-ARS, USA; Alfonso del Rio, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA; and Dave Ellis, International Potato Center (CIP), Peru ; 4.Advances in conventional potato-breeding techniques: Jai Gopal, ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, India ; 5.Hybrid potato breeding for improved varieties: Pim Lindhout, Michiel de Vries, Menno ter Maat, Su Ying, Marcela Viquez-Zamora and Sjaak van Heusden, Solynta, The Netherlands ; ; Part 2 Improving particular traits ; 6.Advances in development of potato varieties resistant to abiotic stress: Ankush Prashar and Filipe de Jesus Colwell, Newcastle University, UK; and Csaba Hornyik and Glenn J. Bryan, The James Hutton Institute, UK ; 7.Developing early-maturing, stress-resistant potato varieties: Prashant G. Kawar, ICAR-Directorate of Floricultural Research, India; Hemant B. Kardile, Raja S., Som Dutt, Raj Kumar Goyal, Vinay Bhardwaj, B. P. Singh, P. M. Govindakrishnan and S. K. Chakrabarti, ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, India; and P. Manivel, ICAR-Directorate of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Research, India ; 8.Developing new sweet potato varieties with improved performance: Peng Zhang, Weijuan Fan, Hongxia Wang, Yinliang Wu and Wenzhi Zhou, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; and Jun Yang, Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, China ; 9.Nutritional properties and enhancement/bio-fortification of potatoes: Duroy A. Navarre, Washington State University and USDA-ARS, USA; and M. Moehninsi, Sen Lin and Hanjo Hellmann, Washington State University, USA ; 10.Improving the breeding, cultivation and use of sweetpotato in Africa: Putri Ernawati Abidin and Edward Ewing Carey, International Potato Center (CIP), Ghana ; ; Part 3 Translating research into practice: improving cultivation in the developing world ; 11.Potato production and breeding in China: Liping Jin, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China ; 12.Improving potato cultivation to promote food self-sufficiency in Africa: Moses Nyongesa and Nancy Ng’ang’a, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Kenya ; 13.Supporting smallholder women farmers in potato cultivation: Linley Chiwona-Karltun, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden; Maryanne Wamahiu, Stockholm University, Sweden; Chikondi Chabvuta, Actionaid International, Malawi; Dianah Ngonyama, Association of African Agricultural Professionals in the Diaspora, USA; and Paul Demo, International Potato Center (CIP), Malawi ;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 635.21; Potatoes; Sustainable agriculture; Potato industry
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786761026; 9781786761033; 9781786761019
• Related ISBNs: 9781786761002
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