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For P. erosus, P. ahipa and P. tuberosus, descriptions are given of the taxonomy, botany, morphology, ecology, reproductive biology, agronomy, N fixation, chemical composition, nutritive value, uses, origin of the cultivated species (with descriptions of the wild species P. ferrugineus and P. pan...


Sørensen, M.Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research[Yam bean, Pachyrhizus DC.]Yam bean, Pachyrhizus DC.

At least 25 species of root and tuber crops from 16 genera and 15 families are native to South America. Apart from the 7 species of potato (Solanum spp.), there are nine lesser known species native to the Andes that are grown for their edible underground organs and are traditionally, but not excl...


Hermann, M.Heller, J.Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant ResearchInternational Plant Genetic Resources Institute[Andean roots and tubers: Ahipa, arracacha, maca and yacon]Andean roots and tubers: Ahipa, arracacha, maca and yacon

The carob tree has been grown since antiquity in most countries of the Mediterranean region, and has spread in recent times to parts of the world with a Mediterranean climate such as California, Arizona, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Australia, South Africa and India. This monograph describes the gen...


Battle, I.Tous, J.Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research[Carob tree Ceratonia siliqua L.]Carob tree Ceratonia siliqua L.

Yielding fruits and palm hearts, peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) was a staple food crop for many pre-Columbian Amerindian communities in the lowland humid neotropics. The gene pool of cultivated peach palm and its wild relatives is rich in diversity but is subject to genetic erosion creating an urg...


Mora-Urpí, J.Weber, John C.Clement, C.R.[Peach palm, Bactris gasipaes Kunth]Peach palm, Bactris gasipaes Kunth

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