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This edited book covers all aspects of grain legumes including
negative impact of abiotic and biotic stresses under the changing
global climate. It discusses the role of various subject
disciplines ranging from plant breeding, genetics, plant
physiology, molecular biology, and genomics to high-throughput
phenotyping and other emerging technologies for sustaining global
grain and fodder legume production to alleviate impending global
food crises. The book offers strategies to ensure plant-based
dietary protein security across the globe. It covers all major
commercial legume crops used as food, feed and fodder. This book is
targeted to graduate and postgraduate students, researchers,
progressive farmers and policymakers to inform them of the
importance of cultivating grain and fodder legumes for future
global food and nutritional security and for maintaining
sustainable ecosystem.
This edited book covers all aspects of grain legumes including
negative impact of abiotic and biotic stresses under the changing
global climate. It discusses the role of various subject
disciplines ranging from plant breeding, genetics, plant
physiology, molecular biology, and genomics to high-throughput
phenotyping and other emerging technologies for sustaining global
grain and fodder legume production to alleviate impending global
food crises. The book offers strategies to ensure plant-based
dietary protein security across the globe. It covers all major
commercial legume crops used as food, feed and fodder. This book is
targeted to graduate and postgraduate students, researchers,
progressive farmers and policymakers to inform them of the
importance of cultivating grain and fodder legumes for future
global food and nutritional security and for maintaining
sustainable ecosystem.
Grain legumes are characterised by their nutritional value, an
ability to grow rapidly and improve soil health. This makes them a
key rotation crop in promoting food security. 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. The
book covers common beans, lentils, soybeans, groundnuts, 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. It is accompanied by a companion volume
which reviews general advances in breeding and cultivation
techniques.
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 1 focusses on breeding and cultivation. Part 1
summarises advances in understanding crop physiology and genetic
diversity, and how this understanding has informed the development
of new varieties. Part 2 reviews improvements in cultivation
techniques to make the most of these new varieties, from variety
selection and seed quality management, through pest and disease
management to storage and quality assessment. 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
particular grain legumes.
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