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Varieties and Landraces
Cultural Practices and Traditional Uses
- 1st Edition - May 5, 2023
- Editors: Marney Pascoli Cereda, Olivier Francois Vilpoux
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 0 5 7 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 0 6 5 - 1
Varieties and Landraces: Cultural Practices and Traditional Uses, Volume Two in the Underground Starchy Crops of South American Origin series, brings information on the applied l… Read more
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Request a sales quoteVarieties and Landraces: Cultural Practices and Traditional Uses, Volume Two in the Underground Starchy Crops of South American Origin 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.
Edited 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.
- Presents a summary view of how agricultural production and cultivation of starchy crops occur in their countries of origin, highlighting their strengths and challenges
- Covers the possibilities for local development by valuing products obtained from natural crops in more distant and scarcer markets of variability
- Evaluates landraces that are found in small-scale agriculture where traditions are maintained, including tubers, rhizomes and roots as carbohydrate sources used as stable foods in South American countries
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- About the editors
- Chapter 1. Introduction—overview of research on underground starchy crops of South American origin
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Underground starchy crop with the highest research volume
- 1.3 Underground starchy crop of intermediary importance
- 1.4 Underground starchy crop neglected by science
- 1.5 Andean tuber crops
- 1.6 Final considerations
- References
- Chapter 2. Cultivation of arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea) in Brazil—planting material from rooted stems, preserving rhizomes for starch production
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Arrowroot cultivation
- 2.3 Arrowroot starch
- 2.4 Arrowroot cultivation and limitations
- 2.5 Production of seedlings by nontraditional processes
- 2.6 Final considerations
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 3. Yam (Dioscorea spp.) cultivation and landraces with market potential in South America
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Yam production in South America
- 3.3 Vernacular names and genetic erosion of local varieties
- 3.4 Market prospects and culinary uses
- 3.5 Final considerations
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 4. Dioscorea trifida L.f.: a little known South American species
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Botanical aspects, taxonomy, and morphology
- 4.3 Reproductive biology
- 4.4 Origin, evolution, domestication, and geographic distribution
- 4.5 Agricultural aspects
- 4.6 Genetic aspects
- 4.7 Chemical composition, nutritional aspects, and medicinal potentialities
- 4.8 Food use
- 4.9 Final considerations
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 5. Potato (Solanum tuberosum, L.) commercial and traditional cultivation in Andean highlands—Peru/Bolivia
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 S. tuberosum andígena y tuberosum
- 5.3 Varieties that generate economic income
- 5.4 Potato products
- 5.5 Growth-promoting bacteria in potato cultivation
- 5.6 Final considerations
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 6. Ethnobotany of Andean minor tuber crops: tradition and innovation—Oca (Oxalis tuberosa Molina—Oxalidaceae), Mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum Ruíz & Pav.—Tropaeoleaceae) and Ulluco (Ullucus tuberosus Caldas—Basellaceae)
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Oca (Oxalis tuberosa Molina, Oxalidaceae)
- 6.3 Isaño or mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum Ruíz & Pav., Tropaeolaceae)
- 6.4 Ulluco (Ullucus tuberosus Lozano, Basellaceae)
- 6.5 Final considerations
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 7. Ethnobotany of Andean root crops: tradition and innovation—Arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancr.), Yacón (Smallanthus sonchifolius (Poepp.) H. Rob.), Mauka (Mirabilis expansa (Ruíz & Pav.) Standl.), Ahipa (Pachyrhizus ahipa Parodi), Maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp.), Achira (Canna indica L.)
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancr., Apiaceae/Umbelliferae)
- 7.3 Yacón (Smallanthus sonchifolius (Poepp.) H. Rob., Asteraceae/Compositae)
- 7.4 Mauka Mirabilis expansa (Ruíz & Pav.) Standl., Nyctaginaceae
- 7.5 Ajipa (Pachyrhizus ahipa Parodi, Fabaceae/Leguminosae)
- 7.6 Maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp., Brassicaceae/Cruciferae)
- 7.7 Achira (Canna indica L.) Cannaceae
- 7.8 Challenges and perspectives
- 7.9 Final considerations
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 8. Yam beans (Pachyrhizus tuberosus (Lam.) Spreng. and Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urb.—Fabaceae)—lowland South American and Meso-American cultivars and landraces with starch and protein market potential—their botany, agronomy, ethnobotany, and present uses
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 History
- 8.3 Geographic distribution (traditional landraces, local and modern cultivars)
- 8.4 Description of the cultivated species
- 8.5 Interspecific hybridization
- 8.6 Properties of the species
- 8.7 Nutritional aspects
- 8.8 Local and industrial uses and other aspects
- 8.9 Economic data on market of Pachyrhizus erosus
- 8.10 Final considerations
- References
- Chapter 9. Cassava cyanogenic glycosides: importance, toxicity, and dosage methods
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Accumulation of cyanogenic compounds by cassava plant
- 9.3 Cyanogenic compounds of cassava
- 9.4 Mechanism of intoxication and lethal dose
- 9.5 Lethal dose of cyanogenic glycosides from cassava
- 9.6 Determination of cyanide content
- 9.7 Final considerations
- 9.8 Posthumous tribute
- References
- Chapter 10. Ethnobotany and characterization of cassava varieties of central Brazil. A case study
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Ethnobotany
- 10.3 Genetic diversity
- 10.4 Morphological characterization
- 10.5 Agronomic characterization
- 10.6 Final considerations
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 11. Variation in cassava landraces: high levels of diversity in germplasm from central Brazil
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Materials and methods
- 11.3 Results
- 11.4 Final considerations
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Annexure
- Chapter 12. Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam.) cultivation and potentialities
- Abstract
- 12.1 Introduction, numbers, and economic importance
- 12.2 Sweet potato chemical composition
- 12.3 Uses of sweet potatoes as food, including industry
- 12.4 Breeding and phytotechnology with a focus on starch
- 12.5 Use of sweet potatoes aerial parts and waste
- 12.6 Final considerations
- References
- Chapter 13. Agronomic characteristics (varieties or landraces) and potential of Xanthosoma sagittifolium as food and starch source
- Abstract
- 13.1 Taxonomy, morphology, and reproductive biology
- 13.2 Agronomic aspects
- 13.3 Genetic and genomic aspects
- 13.4 Economic aspects: cooking, industrial, and pharmacology usage of new cocoyam
- 13.5 Final considerations
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 14. Yautía (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) in the food culture of Puerto Rico
- Abstract
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Production challenges in Puerto Rico
- 14.3 Local landraces and their edible parts
- 14.4 Chemical characteristics of cultivars
- 14.5 Yautía production practices in Puerto Rico
- 14.6 Use of yautía cormels and corms as food products
- 14.7 Final considerations
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 15. Amazonas forest (Brazil, Equador, Colombia, and Venezuela). A case study of “mairá” potato (Casimirella spp.) and its potential as a starchy crop in Brazilian Amazonia
- Abstract
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Ethnobotanical aspects
- 15.3 Use of Casimirella spp. tuberous roots
- 15.4 Physicochemical characterization of “mairá” potato (Casimirella rupestris)
- 15.5 Final considerations
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 16. Goeppertia allouia, a nonconventional starchy crop—focusing on food use
- Abstract
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.2 Botanical characteristics of Goeppertia allouia
- 16.3 Goeppertia allouia habitat and geographical distribution
- 16.4 Ecological, agronomical, and silvicultural aspects
- 16.5 Chemical composition and possible applications
- 16.6 Characterization and potentialities of starch
- 16.7 Final considerations
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 348
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 5, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323900577
- eBook ISBN: 9780323910651
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