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Potato Production Worldwide
Provides an account of the constraints, challenges, and solutions in potato production in the top potato growing countries of the world
Mehmet Emin Cal?skan (Edited by), Allah Bakhsh (Edited by), Khawar Jabran (Edited by)
9780128229255, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 26 October 2022
490 pages, 120 illustrations (70 in full color)
23.5 x 19 x 3.1 cm, 1.29 kg
Potato is a crop grown on all inhabited continents of the globe. It is included in the top five crops of the world, used as staple food in several countries, and the number of people daily consuming the potato may surpass one billion. Despite the high quantities of seed potato produced worldwide, there are yield gaps due to challenges such as abiotic stresses, pests, climate change and poor production practices. A region-wide critical analysis of yield declining factors can help formulate management strategies that can improve potato yields. Bridging yield gaps in potato will ultimately ensure the role of this crop in securing current and future food security. Potato Production Worldwide presents information on this global crop from its history, morphology, and taxonomy to the growth and development of the potato crop, including the latest strategies in addressing today’s biotic and abiotic challenges. This book identifies the reasons for yield gaps in various potato production regions of the world, as well as presenting the best production practices, pest management strategies and approaches to deal with climate change from the perspective of potato production. Chapters provide important insights into potato production cultures and approaches in the major potato production countries. Potato Production Worldwide will be a valuable resource for researchers, scientists and students seeking a comprehensive view of successful potato production.
1. History, production, current trends, and future prospects 2. Potato taxonomy and wild relatives 3. Plant development in potato 4. Environmental requirements of potato and abiotic stress factors 5. Water management in potato 6. Nutrient management in potato 7. Weed management in potato 8. Insect-pests of potato: importance and management 9. Fungal, oomycete, and plasmodiophorid diseases of potato and their control 10. Bacterial diseases of potato and their control 11. Virus diseases of potato and their control 12. Nematodes of potato and their management 13. Seed potato production, certification, and trade 14. Postharvest physiology and storage of potato 15. Recent trends in genetics studies and molecular breeding of potato 16. Role of genetic engineering in improving potato production 17. Smart agriculture practices in potato production 18. Potato production in China 19. Potato production in Russia and Ukraine 20. Potato production in the United States and Canada 21. Potato production in Eastern Europe (Romania, Republic of Moldova, Russia, and Hungary) 22. Potato production in Bangladesh 23. Potato production in South America 24. An overview of potato production in Africa 25. Conclusions and future prospective in potato production
Subject Areas: Agronomy & crop production [TVK], Agriculture & farming [TV], The environment [RN], Genetics [non-medical PSAK], Agriculture & related industries [KNAC]
