
Potato Production Worldwide
Description
Key Features
- Provides comprehensive information on the origin, history, taxonomy, morphology, ecophysiology, growth and development of the potato
- Addresses production practices, including irrigation, nutrient management, harvesting and post-harvest techniques
- Explores the impact of Abiotic stresses (drought, chilling, salinity etc.) and their management
Readership
Professionals working in different potato production institutes, researchers and the under- and post-graduate students in the agricultural sciences discipline. Policy makers related to potato production
Table of Contents
1. Potato production, history, current trends, and future prospects ct pests, viruses and nematodes
2. Potato taxonomy and wild relatives
3. Potato morphology, eco-physiology and, growth and development
4. Potato soil management
5. Plant production practices for potato crop
6. Potato production and abiotic stresses (salinity, drought, heavy metals and others)
7. Water management in potato
8. Nutrient management in potato
9. Weed management in Potato
10. Insect pest management in potato
11. Fungal Diseases of Potato and Their Control
12. Bacterial Diseases of Potato and Their Control
13. Virus Diseases of Potato and Their Control
14. Nematodes of Potato and Their Management
15. Seed potato production
16. Biofortification, Utilization and Consumption of Potato
17. Postharvest Physiology and Storage of Potato
18. Climate change and potato production
19. Crop modelling in potato production
20. Conventional potato breeding
21. Recent trends in genetics studies and molecular potato breeding
22. Role of genetic engineering in improving potato production
23. Smart agriculture practices in potato production
24. Potato Production in China
25. Potato Production in India
26. Potato Production in Russia and Ukraine
27. Potato Production in the USA and Canada
28. Potato Production in the Western Europe (Germany, France, the Netherlands, the UK, Belgium)
29. Potato Production in Eastern Europe (Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, )
30. Potato Production in Bangladesh
31. Potato Production in South America
32. Potato Production in Africa
33. Potato Production in Australia
43. Potato Production in the Central Asia
44. Conclusions and future prospective in potato production
Product details
- No. of pages: 512
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2022
- Published: September 1, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128229255