New Agricultural Crops

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-17112-4
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 421 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ritchie, Gary A

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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