The Persistence of the Potato Late-blight Fungus in the Soil
Title | The Persistence of the Potato Late-blight Fungus in the Soil PDF eBook |
Author | Fred Carlton Stewart |
Publisher | |
Pages | 16 |
Release | 1913 |
Genre | Late blight of potato |
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Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York
Title | Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York PDF eBook |
Author | New York (State). Legislature. Assembly |
Publisher | |
Pages | 886 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | New York (State) |
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Bulletin ...
Title | Bulletin ... PDF eBook |
Author | New York (State) Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva |
Publisher | |
Pages | 642 |
Release | 1913 |
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Bulletin
Title | Bulletin PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 594 |
Release | 1913 |
Genre | Agriculture |
ISBN |
Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture for the Year Ending ...
Title | Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture for the Year Ending ... PDF eBook |
Author | New York (State). Department of Agriculture |
Publisher | |
Pages | 872 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | Agriculture |
ISBN |
Report
Title | Report PDF eBook |
Author | New York (State). Dept. of Agriculture |
Publisher | |
Pages | 882 |
Release | 1914 |
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ISBN |
The Potato Crop
Title | The Potato Crop PDF eBook |
Author | Hugo Campos |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 524 |
Release | 2019-12-03 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3030286835 |
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides a fresh, updated and science-based perspective on the current status and prospects of the diverse array of topics related to the potato, and was written by distinguished scientists with hands-on global experience in research aspects related to potato. The potato is the third most important global food crop in terms of consumption. Being the only vegetatively propagated species among the world’s main five staple crops creates both issues and opportunities for the potato: on the one hand, this constrains the speed of its geographic expansion and its options for international commercialization and distribution when compared with commodity crops such as maize, wheat or rice. On the other, it provides an effective insulation against speculation and unforeseen spikes in commodity prices, since the potato does not represent a good traded on global markets. These two factors highlight the underappreciated and underrated role of the potato as a dependable nutrition security crop, one that can mitigate turmoil in world food supply and demand and political instability in some developing countries. Increasingly, the global role of the potato has expanded from a profitable crop in developing countries to a crop providing income and nutrition security in developing ones. This book will appeal to academics and students of crop sciences, but also policy makers and other stakeholders involved in the potato and its contribution to humankind’s food security.