Latin-American Seeds
eBook - ePub

Latin-American Seeds

Agronomic, Processing and Health Aspects

  1. 441 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Latin-American Seeds

Agronomic, Processing and Health Aspects

About this book

In the last few years, the Latin-American seeds have gained increased importance (also due to the increased demand for gluten-free foods). Worldwide demand for Latin-American seeds and grains has risen in a high proportion. In parallel, seeds and grains' research from this region in all relevant fields has been intensified. Latin-American Seeds: Agronomic, Processing and Health Aspects summarizes the recent research on Latin-American crops regarding agronomic and botanical characteristics, composition, structure, use, production, technology, and impact on human health.

Latin-American cultivars studied here are included in the groups of cereals, pseudo-cereals, oilseeds, and legumes that are used in a great variety of innovative and traditional foods. The main crops that are covered in this book are Latin-American maize (Zea mays), amaranth (Amaranthus spp), quinoa (Chenopodium spp), kañiwa (Chenopodium pallidicaule), chia (Salvia hispanica), sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis) and legumes such as black turtle and common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) and tarwi (Lupinus mutabilis).

Key Features:

  • Contains updated information about recent research works on Latin-American crops
  • Includes a variety of Latin-American plant species that are used in a great variety of innovative and traditional foods
  • Addresses a wide range of topics related to agronomy, plant physiology, and nutritional and technological properties, processing, fractionation and development of new products for human health

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Yes, you can access Latin-American Seeds by Claudia M. Haros, María Reguera, Norma Sammán, Octavio Paredes-López, Claudia M. Haros,María Reguera,Norma Sammán,Octavio Paredes-López in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Food Science. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Series Preface
  8. Preface
  9. About the Editors
  10. Contributors
  11. Chapter 1 Agronomical Characterization of Latin-American Crops
  12. Chapter 2 Genotype and Environment as Key Factors Controlling Seed Quality in Latin-American Crops
  13. Chapter 3 The Outlook for Latin-American Crops: Challenges and Opportunities
  14. Chapter 4 Structure and Composition of Latin-American Crops
  15. Chapter 5 Latin-American Crops in Gluten-Free Applications
  16. Chapter 6 Fractionation of Seeds or Grains
  17. Chapter 7 Food Uses of Selected Ancient Grains
  18. Chapter 8 Nutritional Composition, Bioactive and Anti-Nutritional Compounds of Latin-American Crop Grains
  19. Chapter 9 Contributions from Latin-American Grains to Nutrition and Health
  20. Chapter 10 Ingredients of High Nutritional Value Obtained from Latin-American Crops through Biotechnology
  21. Chapter 11 Current Position of Legislation on Latin-American Grains and Its Regional Socioeconomic Impact
  22. Index