Download or read book AROIDS: Opportunities and Challenges written by R.S. Misra and published by Allied Publishers. This book was released on 2013-12-21 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ever increasing demand for food has to be met to save the mankind from starvation. Realizing the unprecedented potential of aroids as a food crop, a Global Conference on "Aroids: Opportunities and Challenges" was organized during 23-25 January 2012, by the Regional Centre of Central Tuber Crops Research Institute at Bhubaneswar, to share and discuss the latest developments in aroids research across the globe and formulate strategies and collaborative action plan to exploit the potential of aroids as food crop, and to introduce them in new areas. This book is a compilation of papers presented on different aspects of aroids during the conference.