Tropical foods: chemistry and nutrition. Vol. 1
Abstract: Recent progress in the chemistry and nutrition of tropical foods are explored through 37 papers presented at an international conference. Among the foods discussed are papayas, prickly pears, grapefruits, sugarcane, rice, sorghum, yams, coconuts, peanuts, soybeans, avo…
Roots and tubers are a class of plant foods, which are significant components of the human diet in different countries across the world, as well as the basis of agrarian subsistence economies in tropical regions. Tropical varieties of roots and tubers mainly discussed include sw…
Exotic fruits and nuts of the New World
by Paull, Robert E., Duarte, Odilo
fromCAB books
This monograph attempts to cover many of the tropical fruit and nut crops (belonging to Anacardiaceae, Calophyllaceae, Clusiaceae and Cactaceae, Myrtaceae, Sapotaceae, Solanaceae, Sapindaceae, Passifloraceae and Caricaceae, Arecaceae and other families) that have been infrequent…