The Potatoes of South America
Bolivia

A definitive 1990 guide to the rich diversity and taxonomy of this important group of plants.

Carlos M. Ochoa (Author), Donald Ugent (Translated by), Franz Frey (Illustrated by)

9780521189903, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 17 February 2011

570 pages
24.4 x 17 x 2.9 cm, 0.9 kg

"...essential for the botanical taxonomist. For agronomists, ethnobotanists, and anthropologists concerned with Andean subsistence issues the volume will be a useful reference work....handsomely produced, expertly translated, and carefully edited. It includes twenty-five water color plates of Solanum species and tuber varieties. Nearly two hundred maps, line drawings, and photographs of plant specimens and habitat locales enliven the detailed taxonomic descriptions." Kent Mathewson, The Latin American Anthropology Review

This authoritative and scholarly 1990 treatise on the potatoes of Bolivia provides a definitive guide to the rich diversity and taxonomy of this important group of plants. The volume represents the culmination of a lifetime's study of these potatoes by Carlos Ochoa, and is published in collaboration with the International Potato Center in Lima, Peru. The text is abundantly illustrated throughout with clear line drawings, photographs and many specially commissioned watercolours, which identify the characteristic features of these plants and their natural habitats. The great variety of these wild potatoes within Bolivia provides botanists and plant breeders with a unique resource for the study of the cultivated varieties and the development of improved cultivars. This volume presents a thorough taxonomic treatment of all these varieties and incorporates valuable information about their distribution and habitat preferences which is illustrated through the use of maps and photographs.

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Historical Review
Part II. Geography and Climate
Part III. Systematic Treatment: 1. Wild species
2. Cultivated species
Appendices
Literature cited
Index of scientific terms.

Subject Areas: Agricultural science [TVB], Botany & plant sciences [PST]