Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Grain Legumes Volume 1 : Advances in Breeding and Cultivation Techniques.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sivasankar, Shoba.

Series:

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science Series

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legumes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, 2018.

Summary:

Grain legumes are characterised by their nutritional value, an ability to grow rapidly and improve soil health by fixing nitrogen. This makes them a key rotation crop in promoting food security amongst smallholders in particular. However, yields are constrained by factors such as pests and diseases as well as vulnerability to poor soils, drought and other effects of climate change. This collection reviews the wealth of research addressing these challenges. Volume 2 assesses key research on particular types of grain legume with chapters on developing improved varieties as well as improvements in cultivation techniques Part 1 covers common beans, chickpeas, lentils, soybeans and groundnuts. Part 2 discusses cowpea, faba beans and pigeonpea. With its distinguished editorial team and international range of expert authors, this will be a standard reference for the grain legume research community and farmers of these important crops as well as government and other agencies responsible for agricultural development. It is accompanied by a companion volume which reviews general advances in breeding and cultivation techniques.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Series list

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1 Plant physiology and breeding

Chapter 1 Advances in understanding grain legume physiology: stomatal behaviour and response to abiotic stress

1 Introduction

2 Grain legume response to water deficit

3 Breeding for stomatal characteristics

4 Where to look for further information

5 Acknowledgements

6 References

Chapter 2 Advances in understanding grain legume physiology: understanding root architecture, nutrient uptake and response to abiotic stress

2 The role of root system architecture in plant health

3 Measuring root system architecture

4 Variability of root system architecture traits across genotypes

5 Implications for breeding drought-resistant varieties

6 Conclusion

7 Where to look for further information

8 Acknowledgements

9 References

Chapter 3 Conserving and characterizing the genetic diversity of grain legumes

2 Conservation of grain legume genetic resources: overview and global assessment of germ plasm collections

3 Conservation of grain legume genetic resources: status of ex situ conservation of grain legume genetic resources

4 Conservation of grain legume genetic resources: ex situ collections of grain legumes

5 Global ex situ conservation strategy for grain legumes

6 Characterizing the genetic diversity of chickpeas and pigeonpeas

7 Conclusion

8 References

Chapter 4 Advanced breeding techniques for grain legumes in the genomics era

2 Main grain legume breeding programmes

3 Breeding targets: stressors and phenotypes

4 The grain legume reference-genome sequences

5 Legume common lineages and synteny

6 Whole-genome and reduced representation resequencing

7 SNP chips

8 Conclusion.

9 Where to look for further information

10 References

Chapter 5 Genetic modification of grain legumes

2 Genetic engineering of grain legumes

3 Genetic engineering of chickpea

4 Genetic engineering of pigeonpea

5 Genetic engineering of cowpea

6 Genetic engineering of lentil

7 Genetic engineering of pea (Pisum sativum)

8 Genetic engineering of peanut

9 Genetic engineering of other grain legumes: tepary bean, Vigna species and faba bean

10 Challenges in the commercialization of genetically engineered grain legumes

11 Conclusion

12 Future trends

13 Where to look for further information

14 References

Chapter 6 Developing drought- and heat-tolerant varieties of grain legumes

2 Physiological responses in adaptation to stress

3 Biochemical and molecular responses in adaptation to stress

4 Development of tolerance

5 Critical contemporary considerations for strengthened research

6 Crop management for abiotic stress tolerance

8 Where to look for further information

Chapter 7 Developing pest- and disease-resistant cultivars of grain legumes

2 Faba bean (Vicia faba)

3 Pea (Pisum sativum)

4 Lentil (Lens culinaris)

5 Chickpea (Cicer arietinum)

6 Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus)

7 Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

8 Future trends and conclusion

9 Where to look for further information

Chapter 8 Biofortification of grain legumes

2 Fe and Zn in grain legumes: assessing natural variation and QTL studies

3 Biofortification: transgenic approaches and agronomic management

4 Micronutrient bioavailability and anti-nutrients

5 HarvestPlus: breeding, releases, adoption and impact

6 Case study: breeding for biofortification of the common bean at CIAT.

7 Future trends

8 Summary and conclusion

Part 2 Cultivation

Chapter 9 Variety selection and seed quality management in grain legume cultivation

2 Seed quality

3 Addressing key issues and challenges in variety selection and quality control

4 Case studies: the use of research to improve legume cultivation in practice

5 Summary: how research can contribute to enhanced and sustainable crop production

6 Future trends in legume research

Chapter 10 Grain legumes in integrated crop management systems

2 Yield gaps

3 Better pinpointing of constraints

4 Case studies

5 Avenues for agronomic improvement: conservation agriculture

6 Avenues for agronomic improvement: crop intensification

7 Avenues for agronomic improvement: adaptation to climate change

8 Refocusing agronomy for grain legumes

Chapter 11 Grain legume-cereal intercropping systems

2 Effects on yields and quality

3 Agronomical performance of intercropping

4 Cultivation practices in intercropping

5 Future trends and conclusion

Chapter 12 Soil and nutrient management in grain legume cultivation

2 Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) in grain legumes

3 Nutrient and soil management practices and grain legume production in the savanna agro-ecologies of Ghana

4 Summary

5 Future trends in grain legume research

6 Where to look for further information

7 References

Chapter 13 Diseases affecting grain legumes and their management

2 Grain legume diseases

3 Traditional vs. integrated disease management

4 Components of IDM.

5 Practical developments: modelling, sampling and identification

6 Advanced and rapid analysis techniques

Chapter 14 Insect pests and integrated pest management techniques in grain legume cultivation

2 Known pest biology

3 Applying molecular biology tools to cowpea insect pests

4 Biological control approaches to sustainable IPM

5 Adoption of precision-IPM strategy by cowpea farmers

6 SAWBO and mobile learning experiences

7 Conclusion and future trends

Chapter 15 Weed management in grain legume cultivation

2 Weed interference

3 Weed control

4 Case study 1

5 Case study 2

6 Conclusion and future trends

Chapter 16 Grain legume storage in developing nations

2 Insect pests of stored grain legumes

3 Human need for grain legumes

4 The need for storage

5 Helping farmers with limited resources

6 Historic grain legume storage methods

7 Other grain legume storage methods

8 Use of resistant seed

9 Conclusion

10 Where to look for further information

11 References

Chapter 17 Drying, handling, storing and quality monitoring of pulses

2 Pulse quality

3 Insects affecting stored pulses

4 Moisture content, drying and aeration

5 Pulse storage and handling

6 Quality evaluation using colour and hyperspectral imaging

7 Summary

Chapter 18 Dietary health benefits, phytochemicals and anti-nutritional factors in grain legumes

2 Inflammation and grain legume consumption

3 Dietary fibre and health.

4 Carcinogenesis and dry grain legume consumption

5 Gut health and grain legume consumption

6 Proteins, antinutrients and other classes of phytochemicals in legumes

7 Possible chemical toxicant exposures from grain legume consumption

8 Conclusion

Chapter 19 The nutritional potential of grain legumes: an economic perspective

2 Pulses and their nutritional value

3 The economic value of pulses: overview

4 Constraints on legume production

5 Increasing demand for pulses

Index.

Notes:

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OCLC:

1467876264