The lentil : botany, production and uses /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: C.A.B. International
Other Authors: Erskine, William
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxon, U.K. ; Cambridge, Mass. : CABI Pub., [2009]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Global production, supply and demand
  • Origin, phylogeny, domestication and spread
  • Plant morphology, anatomy and growth habit
  • Agroecology and crop adaptation
  • Genetic resources : collection, characterization, conservation and documentation
  • Genetics of economic traits
  • Genetic enhancement for yield and yield stability
  • Breeding for short season environments
  • Improvement in developed countries
  • Advances in molecular research
  • Breeding and management to minimize the effects of drought and improve water use efficiency
  • Soil nutrient management
  • Cropping systems and production agronomy
  • Biological nitrogen fixation and soil health improvement
  • Mechanization
  • Diseases and their management
  • Insect pests and their management
  • Virus diseases and their control
  • Weed management
  • Parasitic weeds
  • Seed quality and alternative seed delivery systems
  • Nutritional and health-beneficial quality
  • Postharvest processing and value addition
  • Food preparation and use
  • The impact of improvement research : the case of Bangladesh and Ethiopia