1990 Supplement Publications of the International ... - IRRI books

grain legume improvement; international cooperation and training;
maize research; resource and crop management; rice research; root,
tuber and plantain improvement; virology) and technical and information
support services.
Research Briefs
(French: Echo de I’lita)
[As listed in earlier CGIAR catalogs.]
Monographs
I. Okezie Akobundu
Weed Science In the Tropics: Principles and Practices
1987. 538 p. 15.5 x 23.5 cm. Hardcover. ISBN 0-471-91544-0. A
Wiley-InterScience Publication. John Wiley & Sons. Available from
the publisher or IITA. US$35.00.
Excessive weed growth is one of the most serious problems facing
farmers throughout the tropics. There is a need for professionally
trained weed scientists to become involved in research at the highest
level, where existing technologies can be further developed and new
ones generated. The book considers in depth the concepts, principles
and practices of tropical agriculture and introduces students
and teachers to weed science as an integral part of a crop protection
program.
S.R. Singh and K.O. Rachie (eds.)
Cowpea Research, Production and Utilization
1985. 488 p. 15.5 x 23.5 cm. Hardcover. ISBN 0-471-90802-9. A
Wiley-Interscience Publication. John Wiley & Sons. Available from
the publisher or IITA. US$35.00.
Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata [L.]) is a highly nutritious grain legume
particularly suited to the stressful growing conditions of tropical
Africa, Asia, Latin America and USA. The first World Cowpea Research
Conference was held at IlTA during November 1984. The
proceedings are presented in this book. They drawtogether current
work on cowpea taxonomy, genetics, physiology, pathology, breeding,
entomology, agronomy, nutrition and processing, and constitute
an invaluable information resource for agricultural researchers,
administrators, and funding agencies.
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