{"product_id":"varieties-and-landraces-cultural-practices-and-traditional-uses-paperback-9780323900577","title":"Varieties and Landraces; Cultural Practices and Traditional Uses (Paperback) 9780323900577","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVarieties and Landraces\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCultural Practices and Traditional Uses\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePresents information on the applied level of producing and using starch from a range of plants grown in tropical and subtropical areas of South America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarney Pascoli Cereda (Edited by), Olivier Francois Vilpoux (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780323900577, Elsevier Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 9 May 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e348 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 19 x 2.2 cm, 0.45 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\u003e\u003ci\u003eVarieties and Landraces: Cultural Practices and Traditional Uses, Volume Two\u003c\/i\u003e in the \u003ci\u003eUnderground Starchy Crops of South American Origin\u003c\/i\u003e series, brings information on the applied level of producing and using starch from a range of plants grown in tropical and subtropical areas of South American origin. The book presents the economic and social importance of these crops that store starch in underground organs. The title also explores bioactive compounds as a way for the valorization of these crops, along with commercial and traditional cultivation in South America (Colombia\/Venezuela\/Andean highlands, Mexico, Brazilian savannah and Pantanal, besides the Amazon forest), bringing botanical information, too.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEdited by a team of experts with a solid background in starch extraction research, this book is ideal for anyone involved in research and development, as well as anyone in cultivation, quality control and legislation in the field of starch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction. Economic and social Importance of crops that storage starch in underground organs  \u003cbr\u003e2. Global competition of starch extraction from cereals and plants that accumulate starch in underground organs\u003cbr\u003e3. Bioactive compounds as way of valorizate the crops that accumulate starch in underground \u003cbr\u003e4. Colombia\/Venezuela\/ Andean highlands: Arrowroot, (Maranta arundinacea, (L.) y Queensland arrowroot (Canna edulis). Present state of culture and future challenges\u003cbr\u003e5. South America: Production of arrowroot seedlings for commercial planting. How to work around a problem\u003cbr\u003e6. Andean highlands: Peru\/Bolivia: Potato (Solanum tuberosum (L.) commercial and traditional cultivation in South America\u003cbr\u003e7. Andean highlands: Peru\/Bolivia: Potato (Solanum tuberosum) cultivation and landraces with potencial for market\u003cbr\u003e8. Andean highlands: Peru\/Bolivia: Peruvian carrot (Arracaccia xanthorriza); Oka (Oxalis tuberosa); Mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum);\u003cbr\u003e9. Andean highlands: Peru\/Bolivia: A study of the starch qualities of Mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum) Mexico and South America\u003cbr\u003e10. R\u0026amp;T cultivados em Yucatán, México. cultivation and landraces with potencial for market. Starch compareson\u003cbr\u003e11. Yan bean (Pachyrrizus tuberosus ; P.erosus) cultivation and landraces with potencial for market\u003cbr\u003e12. Peruvian carrot Arracacia xanthorrhiza, Bancr. cultivation and landraces with potencial for market\u003cbr\u003e13. Cassava commercial and traditional cultivation in South America\u003cbr\u003e14. Cassava cyanogenic glycosides: biosynthesis, distribution, detoxification, and dosage methods\u003cbr\u003e15. Cassava Molecular tools for agricultural development\u003cbr\u003e16. Cassava Genetic variability of cassava landraces\u003cbr\u003e17. Yams (Dioscorea sp.) cultivation and landraces with potencial for market\u003cbr\u003e18. Brazilian savannah and Pantanal (Cerrado) Caracterization of \"caeté\"Calathes allouia, C. grandifolia Aubl. Lindt.) as starchy crpo\u003cbr\u003e19. Amazonas forest (Brazil, Equador, Colombia and Venezuela) Case study of \"mairá\" potato (Casimirella sp.)and its potential as a starchy crop in Brazilian Amazonia\u003cbr\u003e20. 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