http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
1 online resource (xiv, 418 pages) : illustrations, map.
"This book offers an extensive reference on the recent developments made in major food legumes. It offers exhaustive information on various aspects related to history, origin and evolution, botany, breeding objectives and methods, hybrid technology, doubled-haploid breeding and in vitro techniques; and on recent developments made through biotechnology, genetic engineering and molecular approaches"--
History, origin and evolution -- Domestication -- Biology of food legumes -- Breeding for improvement of cool season food legumes -- Breeding for improvement of warm season food legumes --Distant hybridization and alien gene introgression -- Polyploidy -- Cytology and molecular cytogenetics -- Molecular cytogenetics in physical mapping of genomes and alien introgressions -- Micropropagation -- Androgenesis and doubled-haploid production in food legumes -- Genetic transformation -- Male sterility and hybrid production technology -- Mutagenesis -- Breeding for biotic stresses -- Breeding for abiotic stresses -- Legume improvement in acidic and less fertile soils -- Molecular breeding approach in managing abiotic stresses -- Trait mapping and molecular breeding -- Improving protein content and nutrition quality -- Underutilized food legumes : potential for multipurpose uses -- Legumes as a model plant family -- Plant genetic resources and conservation of biodiversity -- Seed dormancy and viability -- Postharvest technology -- Value addition and international trade
edited by Aditya Pratap and Jitendra Kumar.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.