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Chapter 14 Outline
STORAGE ORGANS
Modified Stems
Storage Roots
WHITE POTATO
South American Origins
The Irish Famine
Continental Europe
The Potato in the United States
Solanum tuberosum
SWEET POTATO
CASSAVA
Origin and Spread
Botany and Cultivation
Processing
A CLOSER LOOK 14.1: BANANA REPUBLICS: THE STORY OF THE STARCHY FRUIT
OTHER UNDERGROUND CROPS
Yams
A CLOSER LOOK 14.2: STARCH: IN OUR COLLARS AND IN OUR COLAS
Taro
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