The Sweetpotato - Loebenstein, Gad.; Thottappilly, George; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
General -- Introductory Remarks -- Origin, Distribution and Economic Importance -- Botany and Physiology: Storage Root Formation and Development -- Important Cultivars, Varieties, and Hybrids -- Genetic Engineering -- Propagation of Sweetpotatoes, In Situ Germplasm Conservation and Conservation by Tissue Culture -- Major Fungal and Bacterial Diseases -- Virus and Phytoplasma Diseases -- Nematodes -- Sweetpotato Insects: Identification, Biology and Management -- Uses and Nutritional Data of Sweetpotato -- Economics of Sweetpotato Production and Marketing -- Marketing Sweetpotatoes in the United States: A Serious Challenge for Small-to-Moderate Volume Growers -- Sweetpotatoes in Different Regions -- Sweetpotato Production in the United States -- Sweetpotato in China -- Sweetpotato in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Sweetpotato in the Indian Sub-Continent -- Sweetpotato in South America -- Sweetpotato in West Africa -- Sweetpotato in Southeast Asia: Assessing the Primary Functions of a Secondary Crop -- Sweetpotato in Israel -- Sweetpotato in Oceania -- Concluding Remarks.
Keywords: Agriculture; Plant science; Botany; Plant pathology; Invertebrates; Nutrition .; Agriculture; Plant Sciences; Plant Pathology; Invertebrates; Nutrition