Quinoa: Botany, Production and Uses

by Atul Bhargava, Shilpi Srivastava

Overview

* Quinoa is an invaluable crop, highlighted by the FAO as one of the world’s main crops for future food security* Timely publication – The year 2013 has been declared "The International Year of the Quinoa" (IYQ), recognizing the Andean indigenous peoples, who have maintained, controlled, protected and preserved quinoa as food for present and future generations thanks to their traditional knowledge and practices of living well in harmony with mother earth and nature.* Covers the history, phylogeny and systematics, botany and agrotechnology

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780642260
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	10/21/2013
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 12.80(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Atul Bhargava teaches at the Lucknow Campus of Amity University, Uttar Pradesh.

Shilpi Srivastava teaches at the Lucknow Campus, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh.

Table of Contents

Preface

PART I – Introduction and History
1. Introduction
2. Historical Perspectives and Domestication
3. Distribution

PART II – Phylogeny and Systematics
4. Taxonomy
5. Cytology and Genome Size

PART III – Botany and Agrotechnology
6. Botany
7. Crop Production and Management
8. Stress Tolerance
9. Diseases and Pests
10. Breeding
11. Molecular Studies

PART IV – Qualitative Aspects, Economics and Marketing
12. Chemistry
13. Saponins
14. Transparency from Production to Consumption: New Challenges for the Quinoa Market Chain