The lentil : botany, production and uses / William Erskine ... [et al.], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Erskine, William.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lentils.

Lentils--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (477 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : CABI, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The lentil is a crop primarily grown in the developing world. It has the ability to use water efficiently and grow in marginal environments as well as being high in protein. This title includes chapters that outline improvements in production, such as water and soil nutrient management, agronomy, mechanization, and weed management.

Contents:

Global production, supply and demand / W. Erskine

Origin, phylogeny, domestication and spread / J.I. Cubero, M. Perez de la Vega and R. Fratini

Plant morphology, anatomy and growth habit / Mohan C. Saxena

Agro-ecology and crop adaptation / M. Materne and K.H.M Siddique

Genetic resources / B.J. Furman ... [et al.]

Genetics of economic traits / B. Sharma

Genetic enhancement for yield and yield stability / A. Sarker ... [et al.]

Breeding for short season environments / M. Matiur Rahman ... [et al.]

Improvement in developed countries / Fred J. Muehlbauer ... [et al.]

Advances in molecular research / Rebecca Ford ... [et al.]

Breeding and management to minimize the effects of drought and improve water use efficiency / R. Shrestha ... [et al.]

Soil nutrient management / S.S. Yadav ... [et al.]

Cropping systems and production agronomy / Masood Ali ... [et al.]

Biological nitrogen fixation and soil health improvement / Mark A. Quinn

Mechanization / Jurgen Diekmann and Yahya Al-Saleh

Diseases and their management / Weidong Chen ... [et al.]

Insect pests and their management / Ram Ujagir and Oonagh M. Byrne

Virus diseases and their control / Safaa G. Kumari ... [et al.]

Weed management / Joseph P. Yenish ... [et al.]

Parasitic weeds / D. Rubiales, M. Fernandez-Aparicio and A. Haddad

Seed quality and alternative seed delivery systems / Zewdie Bishaw, Mohamed Makkawi and Abdoul Aziz Niane

Nutritional and health-beneficial quality / Michael A. Grusak

Post-harvest processing and value addition / Albert Vandenberg

Food preparation and use / Rita S. Raghuvanshi and D.P. Singh

The impact of improvement research: the case of Bangladesh and Ethiopia / Aden A. Aw-Hassan ... [et al.].

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-24402-7

9786612244025

1-84593-488-1

OCLC:

435462765