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Springer Plant Protection In Tropical Root And Tuber Crops 2015 Edition by P. Parvatha Reddy
This book is a compilation of information on insect/mite/vertebrate pests and fungal/bacterial/viral/mycoplasma/nematode diseases of tropical root and tuber crops such as cassava sweet potato yams taro Amorphophallus yam bean and tannia. The book highlights the distribution symptoms and damage biology survival and spread of each pest and describes management methods. It also sheds light on different eco-friendly pest management strategies including physical cultural chemical biological host resistance and integrated methods. The book is written in a lucid style using easy-to-understand language and offers adoptable recommendations involving eco-friendly control measures. It serves as a useful reference source for policy makers research and extension workers practicing farmers and students. The material can also be used for teaching post graduate courses in state agricultural universities. Table of contents : 1. Tropical Root and Tuber Crops: An Overview.- 2. Cassava Manihot esculenta.- 3. Sweet Potato Ipomoea batatas.- 4. Taro Colocasia esculenta.- 5. Yams Dioscorea spp..- 6. Chinese Potato Plectranthus rotundifolius.- 7. Elephant Foot Yam Amorphophallus paeoniifolius.- 8. Yam Bean Pachyrrhizus erosus.- 9. Achira Canna edulis.- 10. Winged bean Psophocarpus tetragonolobus.- 11. Tannia Xanthosoma sagittifolium.- 12. Enset Ensete ventricosum.- 13. Arrowroot Maranta arundinacea.- 14. Crepe Ginger Cheilocostus speciosus.- 15. The Way Forward.