Andean Roots and Tubers: Ahipa, Arracacha, Maca and Yacon

Andean Roots and Tubers: Ahipa, Arracacha, Maca and Yacon
ISBN-10
9290433515
ISBN-13
9789290433514
Category
Botany, Economic
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
International Potato Center
Author
Michael Hermann

Description

Andean roots tubers at the crossroads; Ahipa: pachyhizus (Wedd.) Parodi; Arracacha: arracacha xanthirrhiza Bancroft; Maca: Lepidium meyenii Walp; Yacon: Smallanthus sconchifolius (Poepp. & Endl.).

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