Description
Book Synopsis* 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
Table of Contents1: Preface PART I: Introduction and History 2: Introduction 3: Historical Perspectives and Domestication 4: Distribution PART II: Phylogeny and Systematics 5: Taxonomy 6: Cytology and Genome Size PART III: Botany and Agrotechnology 7: Botany 8: Crop Production and Management 9: Stress Tolerance 10: Diseases and Pests 11: Breeding 12: Molecular Studies PART IV: Qualitative Aspects, Economics and Marketing 13: Chemistry 14: Saponins 15: Transparency from Production to Consumption: New Challenges for the Quinoa Market Chain
