Biology of Hevea rubber [[electronic resource] /] / P.M. Priyadarshan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461851003321
• Autore: Priyadarshan P. M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, U.K. ; ; Cambridge, Mass., : CABI, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-26771-3; 9786613267719; 1-84593-713-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Disciplina: 633.8/952
• Soggetti: Hevea; Rubber; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Genesis and development -- Plant structure and eco physiology -- Latex production, diagnosis and harvest -- Genetics and breeding -- Biotechnology and molecualr biology -- Soil tillage, crop establishment and nutrition -- Constraints: environmental and biological -- Ancillary income generations -- Hevea and clean development management.
• Sommario/riassunto: Rubber is an economically important material that occurs naturally and can be produced synthetically. Many advances have been made in the understanding of the cultivation and biology of the rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, and this book covers the essential elements of rubber breeding and physiology to provide a guide for cultivators and researchers of this vital crop. It provides an in-depth analysis of plant structure and crop physiology, climatic requirements, latex production, genetics and breeding, biotechnology, molecular biology, soil tillage and crop establishment, nutrition, weed cont