"TITLE","AUTHORS","SUBJECT","SUBJECT_RELATED","DESCRIPTION","PUBLISHER","AVAILABILITY","RESEARCH_ORG","SPONSORING_ORG","PUBLICATION_COUNTRY","PUBLICATION_DATE","CONTRIBUTING_ORGS","LANGUAGE","RESOURCE_TYPE","TYPE_QUALIFIER","JOURNAL_ISSUE","JOURNAL_VOLUME","RELATION","COVERAGE","FORMAT","IDENTIFIER","REPORT_NUMBER","DOE_CONTRACT_NUMBER","OTHER_IDENTIFIER","DOI","RIGHTS","ENTRY_DATE","OSTI_IDENTIFIER","PURL_URL" "Underexploited tropical plants with promising economic value","Not Available","09 BIOMASS FUELS; PLANTS; ECONOMICS; TROPICAL REGIONS; ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; BUFFALO GOURD; CROPS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FRUITS; JOJOBA; OILS; ROOTS; SEEDS; TUBERS; VEGETABLES; FOOD; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SHRUBS; 140504* - Solar Energy Conversion- Biomass Production & Conversion- (-1989)","","The apparent advantages of staple plants over the minor tropical plants often result only from the disproportionate research attention they have been given. A world-wide inquiry resulted in a list of 400 promising but neglected species. The 36 most important species are described in compact monographs and concern cereals (Echinochloa turnerana, grain amaranths, quinua and Zosterea mazina), roots and tubers (Arrachacha, cocoyams and taro), vegetables (chaya, hearts of palms, wax gourd, winged bean), fruits (durian, mangosteen, naranjilla, pejibaye, pummelo, soursop, uvilla), oilseeds (babassu palm, buffalo gourd, Caryocar species, Hessenia polycarpa and jojoba), forage (Acacia albida, Brosimum alicastrum Cassia sturtii, saltbushes and tamarugo) and other crops (buriti palm, Calathea lutea, candelilla, guar, guayule, Paspalum vaginatum, ramie and Spirulina).","National Academy of Sciences,Washington, DC","","","","United States","1975-01-01","","English","Book","","","","","","Medium: X; Size: Pages: 197","","","","","https://doi.org/","","2008-02-07","5626921",""