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040 _cCUS
082 _a635
_bRUB/W
100 _aRubatzky, Vincent E.
245 0 _aWorld vegetables: principles, production and nutritive values/
_cVincent E. Rubatzky, Mas Yamaguchi.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aNew York:
_bChapman & Hall,
_c1999.
300 _axxiv, 843 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
505 _aIntroduction. Vegetables and the World's Food Supply. Origin and Evolution of Vegetables. Vegetable Classification. Importance of Vegetables for Human Nutrition. Toxic Substances and Some Folk and Medicinal Uses of Vegetables. Vegetable Growing Principles. Environmental Factors Influencing Vegetable Growth. Climate Control for Vegetable Production During Off Seasons and During Adverse Conditions. World Vegetables. A Global View of Vegetable Usage. Vegetables Consisting of Starchy Roots, Tubers and Fruits. White or Irish Potato. Sweet Potato. Cassava. Yam. Taro, Tannia and Other Edible Aroids. Additional Underground Starchy Vegetables. Sweet Corn Plantain, Starchy Bananas, Breadfruit, and Jackfruit. Vegetables Consisting of Succulent Roots, Bulbs, Leaves, and Fruits, Onions and Other Alliums. Lettuce and Other Composite Vegetables. Cole Crops and Other Crucifiers. Carrot, Celery and Other Vegetable Apiaceae. Beans. Other Vegetable Legumes. Tomato, Pepper, Eggplant and Additional Solanaceous Vegetables. Melons, Cucumbers, Squashes, and Other Cucurbit Species. Spinach, Beet, and Other Vegetable Chenopodiaceae. Additional Succulent Vegetables. Mushrooms. Aquatic Vegetables. Herbs and Spices. Appendixes. Glossary. Index
650 _aVegetables
650 _aForests and forestry
650 _aLife sciences
650 _aVegetables--Varieties
700 _aYamaguchi, Mas.
942 _cWB16