Food crop production.
Anochili B. C.
Author Affiliation: Alvan Ikoku Coll., Umuahia, Nigeria.
: 60pp.
Abstract : In this handbook, one of the series of Tropical Agricultural Handbooks, brief details on the origin and distribution, varieties, environmental requirements, land preparation, planting and post-planting (weeding and fertilizer application) operations, harvesting, yield, storage and processing, and pests and diseases of yams (Dioscorea spp.), cassava, sweet potatoes, cocoyams (Colocasia antiquorum) and tannia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium), potatoes, maize, rice, guinea corn [Sorghum], millets [Pennisetum americanum and Eleusine coracana], groundnuts, cowpeas, soyabeans, pigeon peas, yam beans (Sphenostylis stenocarpus), avocado pears, guavas, mangoes, pawpaws and watermelons are presented.