Handbook of Industrial Crops

A handy guide on crops of international importance The Handbook of Industrial Crops is a comprehensive exploration of 12 important agricultural components of economy and export trade. The book examines the aspects of cultivation and trade in addition to the available information on the evolution and adaptation of each agricultural crop. With this extensive resource, you get detailed, up-to-date information on each species’ origin and botany, cultivation and harvest, and prospective future of available production and demand to set you up for higher production and sales. The Handbook of Industrial Crops focuses on such commercial crops as: arecanut cashew cocoa coconut coffee palm oil palmyrah rubber tea wattle In the Handbook of Industrial Crops, you will gain a better understanding of the industries these cash crops are grown for, including: foodsuch as edible oils, nuts, beverages, or flavorings latex resins and lubricants drugs and nutraceuticals timber With the Handbook of Industrial Crops, you will gain extensive knowledge from the world’s leading experts in plantation crops and individual species. The book supplies the most recent statistics in world production, yields, and income potential. In this manual, you’ll find numerous references, tables, and figures, along with contact information for research centers, organizations, and government entities to help you further.

Table of Contents:
About the Editors,, Contributors,, Introduction,, Chapter 1. Arecanut (K. V. A. Bavappa and D. Balasimha),, Introduction,, Origin, History, and Distribution,, Botany and Taxonomy,, Cytogenetics,, Germplasm Collection,, Crop Improvement,, Growing Conditions,, Diseases and Pests ,, Harvesting and Processing,, Future Outlook,, Chapter 2. Cardamom (M. R. Sudharshan and V. S. Korikanthimath),, Introduction,, World Trade,, History,, Systematics, Evolution, and Adaptation,, Botany,, Cytology,, Germplasm Collection, Availability, and Exchange,, Crop Improvement,, Crop Management,, Harvesting and Processing,, Cardamom in Countries Other Than India,, End Products,, Research and Development Organizations Concerned with Cardamom,, Chapter 3. Cashew (E. V. V. Bhaskara Rao and K. R. M. Swamy),, Introduction,, Origin, Evolutionary History, and Distribution,, Area and Production,, World Trade of Cashew,, Economic Botany,, Taxonomy,, Cytogenetics,, Crop Management,, Planting Technology,, Pest and Disease Management,, End Products Use,, Coated Cashew Kernels,, Research and Development Organizations,, Future Outlook,, Chapter 4. Cinchona (Rajendra Gupta),, Origin and Uses,, Characteristics and Chemistry of Plantation Species,, Extraction, Production, and Trade,, Research: Development of Improved Cultivation Practices,, Diseases and Pests ,, Biotechnic