Resources Tagged: Root Crops

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  1. Introduction to Tropical Root Crops

    Key Resource
    2015-02-16 Tropical root and tuber crops are consumed as staples in parts of the tropics and should be considered for their potential to produce impressive yields in small spaces. They provide valuable options for producing food under challenging growing conditions. Cassava and taro, for instance, are...
    ECHO Resources Potatoes Yam Taro Cassava Sweet Potato Root Crops

  2. Root Crops

    Key Resource 1987-01-01 This book is an attempt to present in a concise form basic data relating to the production and utilization of most of the root crops of economic importance to countries in the tropics. For quick reference the data are arranged under standard headings and include yield, products and their uses,...
    Root Crops

  3. Understanding the Production of the Major Tropical/Subtropical Root Crops: Cassava, Potatoes, Sweet potatoes, Yams, and Cocoyams

    Key Resource 1985-04-01 Root crops is a general term commonly used for a wide variety of food plants that have an underground storage organ known as a root, tuber (rhizome), corm, or bulb. Root crops are rich in starch, and low in protein and oil. They are excellent sources of calories. Some are consumed as major...
    Sweet Potato Root Crops Cassava Potatoes

  4. Proceedings of the Eighth Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops

    1988-01-01 Includes 130 papers covering all cropping problems from agronomy to storage and utilization of products of cassava, sweet potato, potato, yam, aroids and minor tuberous crops. They will show the increasing importance of these crops for producers and consumers and the move from subsistence to cash...
    Cash Crops Tuber Crops Aroids Yam Potatoes Sweet Potato Cassava Agronomy Tropical crops On-Farm Research Root Crops

  5. Beets

    Garden Beets, also called beetroot, are a hardy, cool-season root crop with edible leaves and a fleshy, tap root. The most common beets are deep red throughout but there are varieties that are yellow, white or mixed. The roots are a source of calories and the leaves are a good source of fiber and...
    Leafy Vegetables Root Crops Garden Vegetables

  6. Leek

    Leeks are a close biennial relative of both onion and garlic, but do not form bulbs. Leaves are flat and large, when cooked they are milder in taste than onions, and are mainly used in soups and similar dishes.
    Root Crops Garden Vegetables

  7. ‘Uberlandia’ Carrot

    2002-01-20 Several years ago (in EDN Issue 43, December 1993), we wrote that seed was available for a carrot that will set seed in the tropics (normally carrots only produce seed in temperate climates with a cold winter). Dr. Warwick Kerr sent us the original ‘Uberlandia’ carrot seed from Brazil nearly ten...
    Vegetables Root Crops Plant Breeding Carrot Seed Saving

  8. La Pomme de Terre en Basse Altitude: Une Potentialite - Long Miles

    2014-10-20
    ECHO Conference Root Crops Potatoes Potatote East Africa

  9. Taro Tuber Processing For Animal Feed

    1997-11-19 Taro for feeding livestock.
    Livestock Root Crops Taro

  10. Effect of Intercropping On Yield Of Sweet Potato

    1997-11-19 If I intercrop sweet potato with taller plants, how much will that reduce the productivity of the sweet potato?
    Sweet Potato Intercropping Root Crops