E-Book, Englisch, 461 Seiten
Yadav / Mcneil / Stevenson Lentil
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4020-6313-8
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
An Ancient Crop for Modern Times
E-Book, Englisch, 461 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-4020-6313-8
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
The lentil was one of the first foods ever to have been cultivated. This book presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date review of research on lentil production, biotic and abiotic stress management, quality seed production, storage techniques and lentil growing around the world. This book will be of great value to legume breeders, scientists, nutritionists, academic researchers, graduate students, farmers, traders and consumers in the developed and the developing world.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1;CONTENTS;5
2;FOREWORD;7
3;ABOUT THE EDITORS;9
4;LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS;12
5;PREFACE;17
6;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;19
7;GENERAL NOTE;20
8;HISTORY AND ORIGIN;21
9;LENS BIODIVERSITY;30
10;ADAPTATION AND ECOLOGY;42
11;USES AND CONSUMPTION;52
12;NUTRITIONAL VALUE;66
13;GLOBAL PRODUCTION AND WORLD TRADE;113
14;LENTIL-BASED CROPPING SYSTEMS;124
15;RHIZOBIUM MANAGEMENT AND NITROGEN FIXATION;144
16;NUTRIENT AND IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT;161
17;WEED MANAGEMENT;175
18;COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION AND PROFITABILITY;189
19;GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS OF LENTIL;203
20;MUTATION BREEDING;225
21;WILD RELATIVES AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES;241
22;BREEDING METHODS AND ACHIEVEMENTS;257
23;VARIETAL ADAPTATION, PARTICIPATORY BREEDING AND PLANT TYPE;270
24;LENSOMICS: ADVANCES IN GENOMICS AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES FOR LENTIL BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT;290
25;LENTIL DISEASES;305
26;ABIOTIC STRESSES;328
27;INSECT PESTS OF LENTIL AND THEIR MANAGEMENT;343
28;QUALITY SEED PRODUCTION;361
29;DRYING AND STORING LENTILS: ENGINEERING AND ENTOMOLOGICAL ASPECTS;396
30;LENTIL GROWERS AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD;426
31;Index;454
