Biology and breeding of food legumes / edited by Aditya Pratap and Jitendra Kumar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pratap, Aditya, 1976-

Kumar, Jitendra, 1973-

C.A.B. International.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legumes--Breeding.

Legumes.

Food crops--Breeding.

Food crops.

Legumes as food.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 418 pages) : illustrations, map

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, [2011]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

History, Origin and Evolution / Aditya Pratap and Jitendra Kumar

Domestication / P.M. Chimwamurombe and R.K. Khulbe

Biology of Food Legumes / S.K. Chaturvedi, Debjyoti Sen Gupta and Rashmi Jain

Breeding for Improvement of Cool Season Food Legumes / Michael Materne, Antonio Leonforte, Kristy Hobson, Jeffrey Paull and Annathurai Gnanasambandam

Breeding for Improvement of Warm Season Food Legumes / B.B. Singh, R.K. Solanki, B.K. Chaubey and Preeti Verma

Distant Hybridization and Alien Gene Introgression / Shiv Kumar, Muhammad Imtiaz, Sanjeev Gupta and Aditya Pratap

Polyploidy / S. Safari and J.A Schlueter

Cytology and Molecular Cytogenetics / Nobuko Ohmido

Molecular Cytogenetics in Physical Mapping of Genomes and Alien Introgressions / H.K. Chaudhary, V.K. Sood, T. Tayeng, V. Kaila and A. Sood

Micropropagation / E. Skrzypek, I. Czyczyło-Mysza and M. Wedzony

Androgenesis and Doubled-Haploid Production in Food Legumes / M.M. Lulsdorf, J.S Croser and S. Ochatt

Genetic Transformation / G. Angenon and T.T. Thu

Male Sterility and Hybrid Production Technology / R.G. Palmer, J. Gai, V.A. Dalvi and M.J. Suso

Mutagenesis / K.H. Oldach

Breeding for Biotic Stresses / Ashwani K. Basandrai, Daisy Basandrai, P. Duraimurugan and T. Srinivasan

Breeding for Abiotic Stresses / C. Toker and N. Mutlu

Legume Improvement in Acidic and Less Fertile Soils / C.R. Spehar, E.A. Pereira and L.A.C. Souza

Molecular Breeding Approach in Managing Abiotic Stresses / M. Ishitani, J. Rane, S. Bebee, M. Sankaran, M. Blair and I.M. Rao

Trait Mapping and Molecular Breeding / S.K. Chamarthi, A. Kumar, T.D. Vuong, M.W. Blair, P.M. Gaur, H.T. Nguyen and R.K. Varshney

Improving Protein Content and Nutrition Quality / J. Burstin, K. Gallardo, R.R. Mir, R.K. Varshney and G. Duc

Underutilized Food Legumes: Potential for Multipurpose Uses / Nazmul Haq

Legumes as a Model Plant Family / S.B. Cannon, Shusei Sato, Satoshi Tabata, N.D. Young and G.D. May

Plant Genetic Resources and Conservation of Biodiversity / S. Sardana, Mohar Singh, S.K. Sharma and Neha Rajan

Seed Dormancy and Viability / J.Y. Asibuo

Postharvest Technology / A.P. Rodino, J. Kumar, M. De La Fuente, A.M. De Ron and M. Santalla

Value Addition and International Trade / M. Gupta, B.K. Tiwari and T. Norton.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Biology and breeding of food legumes.

ISBN:

1-84593-766-X

OCLC:

756765822

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.