A comprehensive book on tropical vegetables, primarily directed to South-East Asia, but of value throughout the tropics. It presents an account of the scientific background--soils, fertilizers, pests, climate--and of the nutritive values of vegetables. It also describes and illustrates the vegetables now grown with emphasis on their origins and botanical relationships, on their cultivation and how they may be used.
Publication Details
- Published: 1972
- Publisher: Allen and Unwin
- ISBN-10: 004635008
- ISBN-13: 978-0046350086
- Dewey Decimal: 635.095
- ECHO Library: 635.095 HER
- ECHO Asia Library: PD.017