Quinoa. Atul Bhargava

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      © A. Bhargava and S. Srivastava 2013. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owners.

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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Bhargava, Atul, 1975-

      Quinoa : botany, production and uses / Atul Bhargava, Shilpi Srivastava.

      p. cm.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 978-1-78064-226-0 (alk. paper)

      1. Quinoa. I. Srivastava, Shilpi. II. Title.

      SB177.Q55B43 2013

      664'.7--dc23

      2013009503

      ISBN-13: 978 1 78064 226 0

      Commissioning editor: Sreepat Jain

      Editorial assistant: Alexandra Lainsbury

      Production editor: Simon Hill

      Typeset by SPi, Pondicherry, India

      Printed and bound in the UK by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY.

       Contents

       Contributors

       Preface

       Acknowledgements

      PART I – INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY

       1. Introduction

       2. Historical Perspectives and Domestication

       Didier Bazile, Francisco Fuentes and Ángel Mujica

       3. Distribution

      PART II – PHYLOGENY AND SYSTEMATICS

       4. Taxonomy

       5. Cytology and genome size

      PART III – BOTANY AND AGROTECHNOLOGY

       6. Botany

       7. Crop Production and Management

       8. Stress Tolerance

       9. Diseases and Pests

       10. Breeding

       11. Molecular Studies

       Francisco Fuentes and Andrés Zurita-Silva

      PART IV – QUALITATIVE ASPECTS, ECONOMICS AND MARKETING

       12. Chemistry

       13. Saponins

       14. Transparency from Production to Consumption: New Challenges for the Quinoa Market Chain

       Enrique A. Martínez and Pablo Olguín

       Index