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Top 100 food plants / Ernest Small.NR16-122/2009E

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Reviews scientific and technological information about the world’s major food plants and their culinary uses. An introductory chapter discusses nutritional and other fundamental scientific aspects of plant foods. Most of the book is made up of 100 chapters, each dealing with a particular species or group of species. Detailed information is presented on the most important food crops, particularly those commonly encountered in the Western World.

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Department/Agency
  • National Research Council Canada.
TitleTop 100 food plants / Ernest Small.
Variant title
  • Top 100 food plants : the world's most important culinary crops
Publication typeMonograph
Language[English]
FormatPhysical text
Publishing information
  • Ottawa - Ontario : National Research Council c2009.
BindingSoftcover
Descriptionxvii, 636p. : glossary, illus., index ; 28 cm.
ISBN978-0-660-19858-3
Catalogue number
  • NR16-122/2009E
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