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Root vegetables are underground plant parts used as vegetables. They are called root vegetables for lack of a better generic term, but include both true roots such as tuberous roots and taproots, as well as non-roots such as tubers, rhizomes, corms, and bulbs. Several types contain both taproot and hypocotyl tissue, and it may be difficult to distinguish the two.
Regardless of anatomical type, root vegetables are generally storage organs, enlarged to store energy in the form of carbohydrates. They differ in the concentration and the balance between sugars, starches, and other types of carbohydrate.
Of particular economic importance are those with a high carbohydrate concentration in the form of starch. These starchy root vegetables are important staple foods, particularly in tropical regions. They overshadow the cereals throughout much of West Africa, Central Africa, and Oceania, where they are used directly or mashed to make foufou or poi.
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RT @LoveAppleFarm: Just finished chart of our crops by part #Manresa uses: sprout/stalk/leaf/root/flower/fruit/seed. <- #farm2table!
InterLeafer (Laura Schaub) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:28:53 -0000
RT @LoveAppleFarm: Just finished chart of our crops by part #Manresa uses: sprout/stalk/leaf/root/flower/fruit/seed. <- #farm2table!
Just finished a chart of all our crops as they relate to the part of the plant that Manresa uses: sprout/stalk/leaf/root/flower/fruit/seed.
LoveAppleFarm (Love Apple Farm) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:20:45 -0000
Just finished a chart of all our crops as they relate to the part of the plant that Manresa uses: sprout/stalk/leaf/root/flower/fruit/seed.
@Brownloather Not nice! Root crops are not healthy for goats!
Big_Norm (Big Norm) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:07:17 -0000
@Brownloather Not nice! Root crops are not healthy for goats!
Local farms help community appreciate winter crops, too: Her CSA offers customers unusual root crops such as daikon... http://bit.ly/6LVywF
frugalgrower (dunc reid) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:47:17 -0000
Local farms help community appreciate winter crops, too: Her CSA offers customers unusual root crops such as daikon... http://bit.ly/6LVywF
International Potato Center (CIP) - Information about the center and its roles in promoting potatoes, sweet potatoes and other Andean root crops, and in protecting Andean biodiversity.
Meta Description: [ Centro Internacional de la Papa - International Potato Center ]
Manrique International Agrotech (MIAT) - Consulting company specialized in tropical agriculture. Publishes books on potato, cassava, sweet potato, taro and other tropical crops. Web site has glossary of agronomic terms and fact sheets on potato, cassava, sweet potato, and taro.
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specializes in tropical agriculture, soil management and conservation of
tropical soils, and tropical root crops (potato, sweet potato, cassava,
taro ]
Potato and onion storage - Agricultural refrigeration and ventilation equipment for potato and onion storage. Personally designed using skid units, Cropscan temperature controls, motorised louvres, mixer boxes, and fans.
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