Screen LibraryTropical Seaweed Farming Trends, Problems and Opportunities : Focus on Kappaphycus and Eucheuma of Commerce /
This book collates the latest information on Kappaphycus and Eucheuma seaweeds. The edited volume provides an important companion to anyone studying or working with what is the world s largest cultivated marine plant biomass. The contributing authors have excelled in providing information on product...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Developments in Applied Phycology ;
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63498-2 |
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This book collates the latest information on Kappaphycus and Eucheuma seaweeds. The edited volume provides an important companion to anyone studying or working with what is the world s largest cultivated marine plant biomass. The contributing authors have excelled in providing information on production and present and future uses of these carrageenan-bearing seaweeds. Important elements of taxonomy, distribution and methods of cultivation and processing are presented to the reader in an accessible and easily understood format. The book provides a number of valuable opinions on value addition |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XVI, 216 pages): illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783319634982 |
| Index Number: | QH541 |
| CLC: | Q178.1 |
| Contents: | 1. Reflections on the commercial development of eucheumatoid seaweed farming -- 2. Biodiversity, biogeography and molecular genetics of the commercially important genera Kappaphycus and Eucheuma -- 3. Reproductive biology and eco-physiology of farmed Kappaphycus and Eucheuma -- 4. The Cultivation of Kappaphycus and Eucheuma in Tropical and Sub-tropical Waters -- 5. Micro-propagation of Kappaphycus and Eucheuma: Trends and prospects -- 5. Micro-propagation of Kappaphycus and Eucheuma: Trends and prospects -- 6. Impacts of AMPEP on epiphytes and diseases in Kappaphycus and Eucheuma cultivation |