Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops
Title | Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops PDF eBook |
Author | Paulo de T. Alvim |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 517 |
Release | 2013-09-17 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 1483215989 |
Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops covers the knowledge and opinion on ecophysiology of the major tropical crop plants. The book discusses the fundamental ideas about the numerical description of plant development and considers effects of climatic factors (e.g., temperature, light, and water) on physiological processes in plants. The text also presents an overview of the physical and chemical characteristics of tropical soils. The ecophysiology of the major crop plants, particularly those suitable for the wet tropics, including rice, sugarcane, pineapple, grasslands, root crops, sweet potato, coffee, cacao, rubber, banana, tea, oil palm, coconut palm, citrus, cashew, and mango, is also considered. Plant ecologists, plant physiologists, biochemists, horticulturists, agronomists, meteorologists, soil scientists, food technologists, plant breeders, and people interested in the production of tropical crops will find the book invaluable.
Ecophysiology of Tropical Tree Crops
Title | Ecophysiology of Tropical Tree Crops PDF eBook |
Author | Fábio DaMatta |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Plant ecophysiology |
ISBN | 9781608763924 |
Plant physiological research has a fundamental role in advancing our understanding of plants and their interactions with surrounding environments. As occurs with most tropical plant species, the gaps in our knowledge of the ecophysiology of tropical tree crops are incommensurable, though significant advances have occurred in recent years. This book highlights these recent advances, which could provide valuable information to manage crop plants for maximum productivity. Major tropical tree crops, considered here in a broader sense as including species such as banana, cassava, citrus, cocoa, coconut, coffee, mango, oil palm, papaya, rubber, and tea, are examined. For most of these crops, photosynthesis is treated as a central process affecting crop growth and performance. Crop physiological responses to environmental factors such as light and water availability and temperature are highlighted. The flowering control and fruit growth of crops such as citrus, coffee and mango are explored. In addition, several gaps in our database concerning the ecophysiology of tropical tree crops and areas for further research are indicated.
Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops
Title | Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops PDF eBook |
Author | P. de T. ALVIM (Coord) |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1975 |
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Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops
Title | Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops PDF eBook |
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Release | 1975 |
Genre | Agricultural ecology |
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Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops
Title | Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops PDF eBook |
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Release | 1977 |
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Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops
Title | Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops PDF eBook |
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Release | 1975 |
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V.1: Soil resources of the tropics with special reference to the well drained soils of the brazilian forest region; Ecophysiology of tropical grasslands; Ecophysiology of rice; Ecophysiology of sugar cane; The ecophysiology of pineapple; The ecophysiology of cassava; Sweet potato productivity in relation to environmental and genetic factors; v.2: Ecophysiology of Arabica coffee; Ecophysiology of cacao; Ecophysiology of tea; Ecophysiology of the coconut palm (Cocoa nucifera L.); Ecophysiology of the African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.); Potential for citrus culture in the Amazon valley; Ecophysiology of cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.); Ecophysiology of mango.
The Ecology of Tropical Food Crops
Title | The Ecology of Tropical Food Crops PDF eBook |
Author | M. J. T. Norman |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 442 |
Release | 1995-05-18 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780521422642 |
Retaining the successful formula of the first edition while placing additional emphasis on tropical environmental conservation, this new updated edition considers the response of tropical food crops to environmental factors such as climate, soil and farming system.