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" World Vegetables : "
by Mas Yamaguchi.
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BL
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726922
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b546654
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by Mas Yamaguchi.
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World Vegetables : : Principles, Production and Nutritive Values\ by Mas Yamaguchi.
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| Publication Statement
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1983
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9401179077
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: 9401179093
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: 9789401179072
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: 9789401179096
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| Contents
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I Introduction --;1 Vegetables and the World Food Supply --;2 Origin and Evolution of Vegetables --;3 Vegetable Classifications --;4 Importance of Vegetables in Nutrition --;5 Toxic Substances and Folk Medicinal Uses of Vegetables --;II Principles of Growing Vegetables --;6 Environmental Factors Influencing the Growth of Vegetables --;7 Devices and Means of Controlling Climate for Vegetable Production in Adverse Climates and During Off Seasons --;III World Vegetables --;8 Global View of Vegetable Usage --;A Starchy Roots, Tubers and Fruits --;9 White or Irish Potato --;10 Sweet Potato --;11 Cassava (Manioc) --;12 Yam --;13 Edible Aroids: Taro, Yautia, and Others --;14 Other Starchy Underground Vegetables --;15 Sweet Corn --;16 Plantain (Starchy Banana) and Breadfruit --;B Succulent Roots, Bulbs, Tops, and Fruits --;17 Alliums: Onion, Garlic, and Others --;18 Composites --;19 Crucifers --;20 Umbellifers: Carrot, Celery, and Condiment Herbs --;21 Vegetable Legumes --;22 Solanaceous Fruits: Tomato, Eggplant, Peppers, and Others --;23 Cucurbits --;24 Chenopods --;25 Other Succulent Vegetables.
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| Abstract
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This text and reference book was written because of the urgings of my colleagues here and abroad and also by my students to fill the need for a comprehensive book describing vegetables important as food crops of the world.
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Physical Sciences Mathematics.
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Science (General)
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Sciences - General.
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SB320.9B963 1983
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Mas Yamaguchi
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