{"product_id":"tropical-forests-and-their-crops-paperback-softback-9780801480584","title":"Tropical Forests and Their Crops (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801480584","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTropical Forests and Their Crops\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNigel J. H. Smith (Author), J. T. Williams (Author), Donald L. Plucknett (Author), Jennifer P. Talbot (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801480584\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 December 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e584 pages, 24 maps, 80 halftones, 8 line drawings, 2 charts - 24 Maps\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 3.2 cm, 1.361 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tropics are the source of many of our familiar fruits, vegetables, oils, and spice, as well as such commodities as rubber and wood. Moreover, other tropical fruits and vegetables are being introduced into our markets to offer variety to our diet. Now, as tropical forests are increasingly threatened, we face a double-fold crisis: not only the loss of the plants but also rich pools of potentially useful genes. Wild populations of crop plants harbor genes that can improve the productivity and disease resistance of cultivated crops, many of which are vital to developing economies and to global commerce. Eight chapters of this book are devoted to a variety of tropical crops—beverages, fruit, starch, oil, resins, fuelwood, fodder, spices, timber, and nuts—the history of their domestication, their uses today, and the known extent of their gene pools, both domesticated and wild. Drawing on broad research, the authors also consider conservation strategies such as parks and reserves, corporate holdings, gene banks and tissue culture collections, and debt-for-nature swaps. They stress the need for a sensitive balance between conservation and the economic well-being of local populations. If economic growth is part of the conservation effort, local populations and governments will be more strongly motivated to save their natural resources. Distinctly practical and soundly informative, this book provides insight into the overwhelming abundance of tropical forests, an unsettling sense of what we may lose if they are destroyed, and a deep appreciation for the delicate relationships between tropical forest plants and people around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. A Threatened Resource\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDistribution and composition of tropical forests\u003cbr\u003e Centers of diversity\u003cbr\u003e Biodiversity, deforestation, and population growth\u003cbr\u003e Driving forces\u003cbr\u003e Crop gene pools\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Beverage and Confectionery Crops\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCoffee\u003cbr\u003e Cacao\u003cbr\u003e Cupuafu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Major Fruits of the Forest\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMango\u003cbr\u003e Citrus\u003cbr\u003e Pineapple\u003cbr\u003e Avocado\u003cbr\u003e Guava\u003cbr\u003e Papaya\u003cbr\u003e Sapodilla\u003cbr\u003e Passionfruit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Regional Fruits\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDurian\u003cbr\u003e Rambutan\u003cbr\u003e Annonaceous fruits\u003cbr\u003e African plum\u003cbr\u003e Indian jujube\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Rubber, Oils, and Resins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRubber\u003cbr\u003e Oil palm\u003cbr\u003e Balsams\u003cbr\u003e Tropical pines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Daily Bread\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBananas and plantains\u003cbr\u003e Breadfruit\u003cbr\u003e Peach palm\u003cbr\u003e Sago palm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Fuelwood, Fodder, and Woody Grasses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeucaena\u003cbr\u003e Bamboos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Spices and Natural Food Colorants\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClove\u003cbr\u003e Cinnamon and cassia\u003cbr\u003e Vanilla\u003cbr\u003e Annatto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Nuts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCashew\u003cbr\u003e Brazil nut\u003cbr\u003e Macadamia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. A New Cornucopia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe plant domestication process\u003cbr\u003e A starting point for the search\u003cbr\u003e Some crop candidates\u003cbr\u003e Prospects for adoption\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Conservation Strategies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEx situ conservation\u003cbr\u003e In situ conservation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. Realizing the Potential\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eConservation and sustainable development\u003cbr\u003e Secure resource bases\u003cbr\u003e Reaping the harvest\u003cbr\u003e Research priorities for marginal lands\u003cbr\u003e The quarantine bottleneck\u003cbr\u003e Personnel requirements\u003cbr\u003e Finding a way forward\u003c\/i\u003eAppendix 1. Domesticated Perennial Species with Wild Populations in Tropical Forests\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. Abbreviations of Institutions Involved in Collecting, Maintaining, andlor Breeding Tropical Perennial\u003cbr\u003e Crops\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3. Common Names and Distribution of Avocado's Relatives\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 4. Avocado Accessions in Germplasm Collections\u003ci\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52542160470296,"sku":"9780801480584","price":38.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/tropical-forests-and-their-crops-paperback-softback-9780801480584","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}