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- Classification of East African Crops: Second Edition
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- 2013
- Published by: University of Nairobi Press
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Classification of East African Crops Second Edition is a revised modern version of a book first published in 1979. It is a handbooks grouping the crops, timber, and common ornamental plants found in East Africa into 26 classes. The plants are discussed under two broad categories, namely, usage and commercial classifications. the Type A group of plants, based on usage classification, has 19 classes including the famous categories such as cereals, fruits, vegetables, legumes, oil crops, fibre crops, and forage and fodder plants amongst others. The Type B group, based on commercial use of the plants, covers food crops, cash crops, commercial horticultural crops, forbidden crops (drug plants), and bee forage or useful plants for honey bees. Each class has a full or brief discussion of the crops or useful plantas grown in modern East Africa covering Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. The most important part of the handbooks is the list of all major and minor crops and useful plants in each class containing the English or trade names, the botanical names, and the families to which they belong. The book has over 70 selected colour plates illustrating different crops and other useful plants. It is an excellent handbook for university and college scholars, students, and researchers in agriculture, forestry, environment, and animal husbandry.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- pp. ix-x
- Dedication I
- pp. xi-xii
- Dedication II and In Memoriam
- pp. xiii-xvi
- About the Author
- pp. xvii-xx
- Section 1 - INTRODUCTION
- pp. 1-28
- Section 4 - Botanical Illustrations of Selected Crops and Economic Plants of East Africa
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 171-172
- Index to Botanical Names
- pp. 173-185
Additional Information
ISBN
9789966792402
Related ISBN(s)
9789966792242
MARC Record
OCLC
933516520
Pages
206
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No