Gary A Ritchie

New Agricultural Crops

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book introduces a variety of new crop species that are energy- and water-efficient, well adapted to marginal lands and suited to intensive culture. It focuses on a technological strategy which holds immense promise for world agriculture and the ultimate benefit of man in near and long term.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780367171124
• ISBN-10: 0367171120
• Artikelnr.: 60020488

Autorenporträt

Gary A. Ritchie is research project leader in the Western Forestry Research Center of the Weyerhaeuser Company.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Ancient Crops for the Twenty-first Century 2. The Winged
Bean as an Agricultural Crop 3. Amaranth: Gentle Giant of the Past and
Future 4. The Buffalo Gourd: A Potential Arid Land Crop 5. Mesquite: An
All-purpose Leguminous Arid Land Tree 6. Atriplex as a Forage Crop for Arid
Lands 7. Cassia: A Tropical Essential Oil Crop 8. Guayule: Domestic Natural
Rubber Rediscovered 9. Jojoba: A New Crop for Arid Regions 10. Leucaena:
Versatile Tropical Tree Legume