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- 100 1_ |a Prabhakaran Nair, K. P.
- 245 14 |a The agronomy and economy of important tree crops of the developing world / |c K.P. Prabhakaran Nair.
- 260 __ |a Amsterdam ; |a Boston : |b Elsevier, |c 2010.
- 300 __ |a xiv, 351 p. : |b ill. ; |c 24 cm.
- 490 0_ |a Elsevier insights
- 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-351)
- 505 0_ |a Introduction -- Arecanut -- Cashewnut -- The coconut palm -- Cinchona -- Cocoa -- Coffee -- Oil palm -- Rubber -- Tea -- Wattle.
- 520 __ |a Major tree crops contribute substantially to the economy of many developing countries on the Asian, African and Latin American continents. For example, coffee is the main revenue earner for Kenya. This book provides a comprehensive review of the agronomy, botany, taxonomy, genetics, chemistry, economics, and future global prospects of a range of crops that have great food, industrial and economic value such as cocoa, coffee, cashew, oil palm and natural rubber. Discusses the major tree crops of great economic value to the developing world The author is an eminent scientist who has won numerous awards for his work in this area.
- 650 _0 |a Tree crops |x Economic aspects |z Developing countries.
- 650 _0 |a Tree crops |x Utilization |z Developing countries.
- 650 _0 |a Agronomy |z Developing countries.