商品簡介
This reference for researchers and rubber plantation managers describes the biology, physiology, plant structure, and breeding of the Heavea rubber tree, offering information applicable to rubber production around the world. An intro chapter overviews the genesis of rubber extraction in the Amazon River Basin and relates the history of domestication. Subsequent chapters cover plant structure and ecophysiology, latex production and harvest, genetics and breeding, biotechnology and molecular biology, soil tillage and crop establishment and nutrition, environmental and biological constraints, and ancillary income generation with Heavea honey and wood. The final chapter looks at Heavea and clean management. Visual elements of the book include b&w historical and contemporary photos, micro images, maps, process algorithms and flowcharts, and data charts. Priyadarshan is affiliated with the Rubber Research Institute of India. The book is distributed in the US by Stylus Publishing. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
