Tuber Crops

by Sanyat Misra, Sanjay Mishra, R L Misra

ISBN: 9789371707374
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2026
Price : Rs. 24950.00
Biblio : xii+623p, fig., ind., col., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. Sanyat Misra is presently Head, Department of Horticulture, Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi. He is serving that University for the last 19 years, apart from serving NBPGR, New Delhi as Research Associate for three years. Mr. Sanjay Mishra based in Lucknow is a Computer Specialist so it is his brain which has brought out this book to this stage. He has authored two books on Computer Science: (i) Bits & Bytes of C++, and (ii) CCC-Course on Computer Concepts; and (iii) a most popular book Soilless Crop Production which has gained its popularity throughout the country. Dr. R.L. Misra served IARI, New Delhi for 40 years as Scientist and retired in May 2008 as Project Coordinator (Floriculture), and then further served IARI, New Delhi as Adjunct Faculty for 5 years in the Division of Floriculture & Landscaping.

About The Book

In this book, we are dealing with various vegetables having their underground parts modified in the form of corms, tubers, tuberous roots and rhizomes to store food materials for perennation. We could found only 31 such vegetables to be tuberous though in certain other literature sources certain root crops such as yam bean (Pachyrrhizus erosus), Japanese arrowroot (Pueraria lobata), etc. are also described as tuber crops due to wrong placing though these are root crops. Every important aspect of each and every edible tuber crop has briefly been covered in a quite comprehensive manner apart from their photographs in most of the cases. The book has been written for horticultural students (B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D.) and those preparing for ARS Exams, for teachers and researchers in horticulture and vegetables, to development officers at district level, and more so for farmers of the country.

Table of Contents

Preface v Introduction ix 1. African Yam Bean [Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Harms] 1 2. American Groundnut (Apios Fabr.) 17 3. Arrowhead (Sagittaria L.) 29 4. Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea L.) 51 5. Bengal arum (Typhonium trilobatum (L.) Schott) 65 6. Bitter Potato (Solanum x curtilobum Juz. and Bukasov and Solanum x juzepczukii Bukasov) 73 7. Bugleweed (Lycopus L.) 79 8 Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) 89 9. Chinese Potato (Coleus Lour.) 123 10. Chinese Water Chestnut [Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch.] 135 11. Coontie Palm (Zamia integrifolia L.f.) 149 12. Curcuma (Curcuma L.) 155 13. Elephant-Foot Yam (Amorphophallus Blume ex Decne.) 187 14. Giant Taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don 1839 213 15. Guinea Arrowroot (Goeppertia allouia Lindl.) 225 16. Indian Arrowroot [Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze, 1891] 231 17. Indian Shot (Canna indica L.) 239 18. Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) 251 19. Lady’s Sorrel (Oxalis tuberosa Molina) 263 20. Lotus [Nelumbo (Nelumbium) Adans.] 277 21. Nasturtium (Tropaeolum tuberosum Ruiz and Pav.) 291 22. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) 297 23. Soh-phlong/Sohphlang (Flemingia vestita Benth. ex Baker, 1876) 341 24. Swamp Taro [Cyrtosperma merkusii (Hassk.) Schott] 351 25. Sweet Potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] 361 26. Tannia [Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott] 395 27. Taro [Colocasia esculenta (L) Schott] 413 28. Ullucu (Ullucus tuberosus Caldas) 431 29. Wild Arum (Arum maculatum L.) 443 30. Winged Bean/Asparagus Bean/Dragon Bean [Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) D.C.] 449 31. Woundwort (Stachys L.) 465 32. Yacon [Smallanthus sonchifolius (Poepp.) H. Rob] 487 33. Yams (Dioscorea L.) 499 34. Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus L.) 567 35. Zombi pea (Vigna vexillata (L.) A.Rich) 579 Index – Common and Regional Names 587 Index – Botanical Names 597 Index – Family and Subfamily 623