Global perspectives on underutilized crops. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Munir Ozturk, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, editors.
• Other Names: Öztürk, Münir A (Münir Ahmet); Hakeem, Khalid Rehman; Ashraf, Muhammad; Ahmad, M. S. A (Muhammad Sajid Aqeel)
• Contents: Underutilized vegetables : a tool to address nutritional issues, poverty reduction and food security -- An alternative potential natural genetic resource : sea buckthorn [elaeagnus rhamnoides (syn.: hippophae rhamnoides)] -- A little-known and a little-consumed natural resource : salicornia -- An expensive spice saffron (crocus sativus L.) : a case study from Kashmir, Iran, and Turkey -- Nutritional prospects of edible fern of the western ghats of India -- Aquatic plants as human food -- Exploring potential of minor/underutilized grasses for remote areas facing food scarcity -- Edible wild plants : a case study from Oman -- Widely utilized wild edible plants : a case study from Turkey -- An overview of the wild plants consumed in the island of Crete, Greece -- Underutilised and neglected crops : next generation sequencing approaches for crop improvement and better food security -- Fenugreek (trigonella foenum-graecum L.) : an underutilized edible plant of modern world -- Effect of various growth parameters on seed yeild of iron weed -- Iron weed (vernonia anthelmintica) as a renewable oilseed crop in Pakistan.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 635; Life sciences; Food crops; Food supply; New crops; Agriculture; Sustainable development; Plant genetics; Plant physiology; GARDENING -- Essays; GARDENING -- Reference; GARDENING -- Vegetables; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Horticulture; Food crops; Food supply; Science -- Environmental Science; Science -- Life Sciences -- Botany; Sustainability; Botany & plant sciences; Plant physiology; Technology & Engineering -- Agriculture -- General; Agricultural science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319777764; 3319777769
• Related ISBNs: 9783319777757; 3319777750
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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