Author : B. B. Singh
Publisher : IITA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,18 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Cowpea
ISBN : 9789781311109
Cowpea: taxonomy, genetics, and breeding, physiology and agronomy, diseases and parasitic weeds, insect pests, postharvest technology and utilization. Biotechnological applications.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 40,86 MB
Release : 2019-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9251097305
The production, trade and consumption of pulses have seen substantial growth over the last fifteen years. This report examines the trends and patterns of this growth, and the factors that explain these for different kinds of pulses. The report presents an analysis of trends of consumption of pulses in different regions of the world and discusses the role that pulses can play in human nutrition. The report presents an analysis of the dynamics of growth of major pulses in different pulse-producing countries of the world. It describes the increasingly important role of trade in the global economy of pulses and presents an analysis of changing patterns of trade. The report argues that there is a pressing need to close the large gap between potential and actual yields, particularly on smallholder farms in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, by increased adoption of improved varieties and modern agronomic practices in all developing countries. This in turn requires a major thrust in agricultural research and extension, improving credit availability, and public investment directed at pulse production. The report discusses future prospects and policy imperatives for sustaining the growth of pulse production.
Author : Daizy Rani Batish
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 22,99 MB
Release : 2007-11-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1420043366
Faced with the growing problems of climate change, ecosystem degradation, declining agricultural productivity, and uncertain food security, modern agricultural scientists look for potential relief in an ancient practice. Agroforestry, if properly designed, can mitigate greenhouse effects, maintain ecosystem health and biodiversity, provide food sec
Author : John Trevor Williams
Publisher : Springer
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 35,10 MB
Release : 1993-07-31
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Pulses and Vegetables is the first in a new series of books looking at the potential for wider exploitation of the currently underutilized crops. It will be of interest and use to a wide range of agricultural, plant and food scientists involved in the improvement and wider exploitation of this group of crops.
Author : Joachim Heller
Publisher : Bioversity International
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 22,13 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Bambara groundnut
ISBN : 9290432993
Author : Antonio M. De Ron
Publisher : Springer
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 43,39 MB
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 1493927973
This book is devoted to grain legumes and include eight chapters devoted to the breeding of specific grain legume crops and five general chapters dealing with important topics which are common to most of the species in focus. Soybean is not included in the book as it is commonly considered an oil crop more than a grain legume and is included in the Oil Crops Volume of the Handbook of Plant Breeding.Legume species belong to the Fabaceae family and are characterized by their fruit, usually called pod. Several species of this family were domesticated by humans, such as soybean, common bean, faba bean, pea, chickpea, lentil, peanut, or cowpea. Some of these species are of great relevance as human and animal food. Food legumes are consumed either by their immature pod or their dry seeds, which have a high protein content. Globally, grain legumes are the most relevant source of plant protein, especially in many countries of Africa and Latin America, but there are some constraints in their production, such as a poor adaptation, pest and diseases and unstable yield. Current research trends in Legumes are focused on new methodologies involving genetic and omic studies, as well as new approaches to the genetic improvement of these species, including the relationships with their symbiotic rhizobia.
Author : Praveen Guleria
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 13,40 MB
Release : 2021-04-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3030688283
In the context of climate change, pollution and food safety, the current challenge is to enhance legumes production to sustain the growing population needs by 2050. This is a daunting task because abiotic and biotic stresses are threatening the growth, survival and productivity of legumes. For instance, the productivity of legumes is documented to be reduced by 14-88% by abiotic stresses. The co-occurrence of abiotic and biotic stresses under field conditions leads to interactive stress types, thus yielding positive or negative outcomes. Legumes react using antioxidant defense, osmoregulatory adjustments, hormonal regulations and molecular mechanisms to tolerate stress. Hence, improving legume productivity requires knowledge on the sensitivity, mechanisms and approaches of stress tolerance in legumes, in order to design new crops and alternative management systems. This book presents advances on bioactive compounds, applications, effect of various stresses and biotechnology-based stress tolerance mechanisms of legumes. This is our second volume on Legume Agriculture and Biotechnology, published in the series Sustainable Agriculture Reviews.
Author : Joachim Heller
Publisher : Bioversity International
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 34,82 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Energy crops
ISBN : 9290432780
Introduction; Names of the especies and taxonomy; Botanical description; Origin and centre of diversity; Properties; Uses ; Genetic resources; Breeding; Production areas; Ecology; Agronomy; Limitations of the crop; Prospects; Research needs; Bibliography;
Author : Aditya Pratap
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,98 MB
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781493944224
Genetic engineering and biotechnology along with conventional breeding have played an important role in developing superior cultivars by transferring economically important traits from distant, wild and even unrelated species to the cultivated varieties which otherwise could not have been possible with conventional breeding. There is a vast amount of literature pertaining to the genetic improvement of crops over last few decades. However, the wonderful results achieved by crop scientists in food legumes’ research and development over the years are scattered in different journals of the World. The two volumes in the series ‘Alien Gene Transfer in Crop Plants’ address this issue and offer a comprehensive reference on the developments made in major food crops of the world. These volumes aim at bringing the contributions from globally renowned scientists at one platform in a reader-friendly manner. The second volume entitled, “Alien Gene Transfer in Crop Plants: Achievements and Impact” will deal more with the practical aspects. This volume will cover achievements of alien gene transfer in major food crops of the world and their impact on development of newer genetic variability and additional avenues for selection; development of superior cultivars for increased yield, resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, improved nutritional and industrial quality; innovation of new techniques and positive as well as negative environmental implications. This volume has been divided into four groups with an aim to cover all major cereals, pulses, oilseeds and other crops (vegetable and horticultural crops) which are of economic importance.
Author : R. R. Schippers
Publisher :
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 27,2 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Indigenous crops
ISBN : 9780859545150
