Tropical Agriculture is Our Business

1999 Potato Book:


Potato production in the tropics is afflicted by several constraints including diseases and pests, lack of available seed, and improper soil and crop management. Despite of substantial progress made in the last two decades in plant breeding and protection, overall tuber yield increases have been minimal at best. The inherent inability of the potato to grow and yield under tropical conditions remains as the most limiting factor for successful production. Given the severe limitations affecting the potato, there is a need to thoroughly revisit past and current technologies to ascertain those factors that account for the success or failure of efforts to produce potato commercially, and review current indigenous and/or adapted technologies suited to the specific needs of the crop. This 1999 book, entitled "Potato Production in the Tropics", precisely does that. It brings under one cover an in-depth analysis of all aspects of potato production. Major topics covered in the book include (i) potato production in the tropics: Past and Present, (ii) requirements of the potato crop, (iii) constraints for potato production, (iv) technology for improved plant propagation, (v) water management for higher yields, (vi) soil management for higher yields, and (vii) the potato in multiple cropping systems.

Contents

• Chapter 1. General Background
• Chapter 2. Potato Production in the Tropics: Past and Present
• Chapter 3. Potato Requirements
• Chapter 4. Potato Constraints
• Chapter 5. Plant Propagation
• Chapter 6. Water Management
• Chapter 7. Soil Management
• Chapter 8. Agronomic Management
• Chapter 9. The Potato in Multiple Cropping Systems

Price: $60.00.

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