The Ecology of Tropical Food Crops

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Summary

This updated edition considers the response of tropical food crops to environmental factors such as climate, soil and farming system.

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Preface
General
Tropical cropping systems
Tropical crop/climate relations
Tropical crop/soil relations
Cereals
Cereals in tropical agriculture
Rice (Oryza sativa and O. glaberrima)
Maize (Zea mays)
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)
Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
Legumes
Crop legumes in tropical agriculture
Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea)
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Soybean (Glycine max)
Chick pea (Cicer arietinum)
Non-Cereal Energy Crops
Non-cereal energy crops in tropical agriculture
Cassava (Manihot esculenta)
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Yams (Dioscorea species)
Bananas (Musa species)
References
Index.
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