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1 online resource (xvi, 568 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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monochrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-548) and index. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; A Note on Technical Terms; 1 A Threatened Resource; Distribution and composition of tropical forests; Centers of diversity; Biodiversity, deforestation, and population growth; Driving forces; Crop gene pools; 2 Beverage and Confectionery Crops; Coffee; Cacao; CupuaƧu; 3 Major Fruits of the Forest; Mango; Citrus; Pineapple; Avocado; Guava; Papaya; Sapodilla; Passionfruit; 4 Regional Fruits; Durian; Rambutan; Annonaceous fruits; African plum; Indian jujube; 5 Rubber, Oils, and Resins; Rubber; Oil palm; Balsams; Tropical pines; 6 Daily Bread; Bananas and plantains |
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BreadfruitPeach palm; Sago palm; 7 Fuelwood, Fodder, and Woody Grasses; Leucaena; Bamboos; 8 Spices and Natural Food Colorants; Clove; Cinnamon and cassia; Vanilla; Annatto; 9 Nuts; Cashew; Brazil nut; Macadamia; 10 A New Cornucopia; The plant domestication process; A starting point for the search; Some crop candidates; Prospects for adoption; 11 Conservation Strategies; Ex situ conservation; In situ conservation; 12 Realizing the Potential; Conservation and sustainable development; Secure resource bases; Reaping the harvest; Research priorities for marginal lands; The quarantine bottleneck |
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Personnel requirementsFinding a way forward; APPENDIX 1. Domesticated Perennial Species with Wild Populations in Tropical Forests; APPENDIX 2. Abbreviations of Institutions Involved in Collecting, Maintaining, and/or Breeding Tropical Perennial Crops; APPENDIX 3. Common Names and Distribution of Avocado's Relatives; APPENDIX 4. Avocado Accessions in Germplasm Collections; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Tropical crops.
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Tropical crops. |
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Tree crops -- Tropics.
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Tree crops. |
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Tropics. |
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Forest products -- Tropics.
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Forest products. |
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Forest germplasm resources conservation -- Tropics.
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Forest germplasm resources conservation. |
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Smith, Nigel J. H., 1949-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Tropical forests and their crops. Ithaca : Comstock Pub. Associates, 1992 (DLC) 92052772 (OCoLC)25747892 |
ISBN |
0801427711 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780801427718 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0801480582 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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9780801480584 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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9781501717949 |
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1501717944 |
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