Quinoa: botany, production and uses [electronic resource] Edited by A. Bhargava, S. Srivastava.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Botany, Production and UsesPublisher: Wallingford UK CABI 2013Edition: 1Description: 247ppContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781780642277
- quinoa
- cytotaxonomy
- pests
- plant pathogens
- crop management
- nutritional value
- taxonomy
- Caryophyllales
- nutritive value
- plants
- geographical distribution
- plant diseases
- antinutritional factors
- quality for nutrition
- angiosperms
- systematics
- morphotaxonomy
- genetic improvement
- chemical constituents of plants
- Amaranthaceae
- cultivation
- Spermatophyta
- pathogens
- plant morphology
- phytopathogens
- eudicots
- Chenopodium
- molecular taxonomy
- crop production
- plant composition
- plant pests
- Chenopodium quinoa
- chemical composition
- eukaryotes
* Quinoa is an invaluable crop, highlighted by the FAO as one of the world’s main crops for future food security* Timely publication – The year 2013 has been declared The International Year of the Quinoa"" (IYQ), recognizing the Andean indigenous peoples, who have maintained, controlled, protected and preserved quinoa as food for present and future generations thanks to their traditional knowledge and practices of living well in harmony with mother earth and nature.* Covers the history, phylogeny and systematics, botany and agrotechnology
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