Pearl Millet: A Resilient Cereal Crop for Food, Nutrition, and Climate Security
Perumal, Ramasamy, Vara Prasad, P. V., Satyavathi, C. Tara
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商品描述
In this age of climate change, discover how pearl millet is considered a viable alternative cereal crop for semi-arid and hot areas
Pearl millet, a warm-season, dryland cereal crop, is a staple food for over 90 million people in Africa and Asia. Its nutritional superiority relative to other cereal crops, such as rice, wheat, maize, and sorghum, and its hardiness and adaptability to harsh environments and poor soils make it a potentially life-saving resource for poor populations and/or areas hit by damaging climatic conditions. With climate change Placing an ever-greater strain on global agrifood systems, pearl millet has never been a more important crop in the fight against poverty, hunger, and malnutrition.
Pearl Millet offers a thorough introduction to this potentially vital grain. Coming on the heels of a 2023 United Nations declaration of the "International Year of Millets," it is a crucial intervention in an essential humanitarian project. It is the first comprehensive book on the subject to appear in print.
Key Features:
- Analysis of a potential lead crop for climate-change-affected areas
- Detailed coverage of all pearl millet's unique features, such as inherent genetic diversity, gluten free applications, and suitability for double cropping
- An author team with vast research and crop development experience
Pearl Millet is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, certified and practicing professionals, as well as industry and academic researchers.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
在這個氣候變遷的時代，了解為何珍珠小米被視為半乾旱和炎熱地區的可行替代穀物作物。
珍珠小米是一種暖季的乾地穀物作物，是超過九千萬非洲和亞洲人民的主食。相較於其他穀物作物，如稻米、小麥、玉米和高粱，珍珠小米在營養上的優越性，以及其對惡劣環境和貧瘠土壤的韌性和適應性，使其成為貧困人口和/或受到氣候災害影響地區的潛在救命資源。隨著氣候變遷對全球農食系統造成越來越大的壓力，珍珠小米在對抗貧窮、飢餓和營養不良的鬥爭中顯得尤為重要。
《珍珠小米》提供了對這種潛在重要穀物的全面介紹。該書在2023年聯合國宣告的「國際小米年」之後出版，是一項關鍵的干預措施，對於一個重要的人道主義項目來說至關重要。這是第一本以該主題為內容的綜合性書籍。
主要特色：
- 分析氣候變遷影響地區的潛在主導作物
- 詳細介紹珍珠小米的所有獨特特徵，如固有的基因多樣性、無麩質應用及適合雙季作物的特性
- 由擁有豐富研究和作物開發經驗的作者團隊撰寫
《珍珠小米》非常適合高年級本科生和研究生、認證及執業專業人士，以及行業和學術研究者。
作者簡介
Ramasamy Perumal, PhD, is a Professor of Sorghum and Pearl Millet breeding at Kansas State University, USA.
P. V. Vara Prasad, PhD, is a Distinguished Professor, R.O. Kruse Professor of Agriculture and Director of the Feed the Future Sustainable Intensificaiton Innovation Lab at Kansas State University, USA.
C. Tara Satyavathi, PhD, is a Director at the Indian Council of Agriculture Research-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad, India.
Mahalingam Govindaraj, PhD, is a Senior Scientist for Crop Development at HarvestPlus and the Alliance of Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture, India.
Abdou Tenkouano, PhD, is the Director General of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Kenya.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Ramasamy Perumal, PhD，是美國堪薩斯州立大學的高粱和珍珠小米育種教授。
P. V. Vara Prasad, PhD，是美國堪薩斯州立大學的傑出教授、R.O. Kruse農業教授及「未來糧食可持續增強創新實驗室」的主任。
C. Tara Satyavathi, PhD，是印度農業研究委員會-印度小米研究所的主任，位於印度海德拉巴。
Mahalingam Govindaraj, PhD，是HarvestPlus及國際生物多樣性聯盟和國際熱帶農業中心的作物發展高級科學家，位於印度。
Abdou Tenkouano, PhD，是肯尼亞國際昆蟲生理學與生態學中心（icipe）的總幹事。
