The Coconut Phylogeny,Origins, and Spread
Auteur : Nayar N Madhavan
The Coconut: Phylogeny, Origins, and Spreadcomprehensively covers the botany, phylogeny, origins, and spread of the coconut palm. The coconut is used primarily for its oil, fiber, and as an article of food, including its tender-nut water. Until the 1950s, coconut oil used to rank first in the world in production and international trade among all the vegetable oils. Since then, lower-cost sources such as the African oil palm, soybean, canola, and others have overtaken the coconut in oil production and trade. The coconut, Cocos nucifera L. (Arecaceae), is a dominant part of the littoral vegetation across the tropics. In addition to discussing the origins of the coconut and its use as a crop, the book covers the resurgence in the use of the coconut in food, pharmaceuticals, and nutraceuticals.
1. The Coconut in the World2. Early History, Lore, and Economic Botany3. Taxonomy and Intraspecific Classification4. Paleobotany and Archeobotany5. Phylogeny6. Biogeography7. Origins: Past Observations8. Origins9. Spread10. Afterword: Does the Coconut Have a Future?
Advanced graduate students and researchers in biology and agriculture; also, technical and development officials, extension staff, and policy planners.
• Director of 3 crop/cropping systems-based ICAR institutes (Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod; Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla; Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Trivandrum)
• Former Joint Director, CPCRI Regional Station, Vittal
• Former Section / Division Head in Central Potato Research Institute and Central Rice Research Institute
• Editor of 6 books; author of ca. 190 scientific papers
- Presents the phylogeny, origins, and spread of the coconut
- Explores the broad-based use of coconut from basic food source to nutraceuticals
- Provides ethnobotanical information on cultivation and use of this tropical crop
Date de parution : 01-2017
Ouvrage de 240 p.
15x22.8 cm
Thèmes de The Coconut :
Mots-clés :
American center of origin; Ancestral species; Archeobotany; Arecaceae; Attalea; Attaleinae; Australian plate; Bactridinae; Bakes; Biogeography; Bioversity international; Cape Verde islands; CGIAR; Chinchilla sand; Christopher Columbus; Coconut in the World; Coconut oil; Coconut; Cocos nucifera L.Descriptors; Cocos nucifera; Cocoseae; Consumption patterns; Cook; Copra; De Condolle; De Wet; Deccan traps; Dispersals; Dwarfs; Economic Botany; Ecotypes; Elaeidinae; Ethnobotany; Extinctions; Folklore; Harlan; Harries; Heyerdahal; Indian Ocean; Infraspecific variability; IPGRI; Landraces; Linear differentiation; Malesea; Malesian center of origin; Mayuranathan; Medium-chain fatty acids; Micros; Mode of ennoblement; Morphotypes; Multipurpose crop plant; Neotropics; New Zealand; Niu kafa; Niu vai; Nobilizations; Northern Colombia; Oceania; Origin of the coconut; Pacific Ocean; Paleobotany; Palm taxonomy; Parajubaea; Phylogeny; Place of origin; Plant type; Prehistory; Production trends; Purseglove; Queensland; Saturated fatty acidsSouth America; South Asia; Southeast Asia; Stebbins; Syagrus; Talls; Time of origin; Vasco da Gama; Wallace Line; West Africa; World Agroforestry Center
