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

Contributor(s): Sivasankar, Shoba (Contribution by), Bergvinson, David (Editor), Gaur, Pooran (Editor), Kumar Agrawal, Shiv (Editor), Beebe, Steve (Editor), Tamò, Manuele (Contribution by), Troyo-Dieguez, Enrique (Contribution by), Nieto-Garibay, A (Contribution by), García-Hernández, J L (Contribution by), Preciado-Rangel, P (Contribution by), Beltrán-Morales, F A (Contribution by), Ruiz-Espinoza, F H (Contribution by), Murillo-Amador, B (Contribution by), Chen, Yinglong (Contribution by), Djalovic, Ivica (Contribution by), Siddique, Kadambot H M (Contribution by), Bramel, Paula (Contribution by), Upadhyaya, Hari (Contribution by), Osorno, Juan M (Contribution by), McClean, Phillip E (Contribution by), Close, Timothy (Contribution by), Bhatnagar-Mathur, Pooja (Contribution by), Kumar Sharma, Kiran (Contribution by), Rubiales, Diego (Contribution by), Raatz, Bodo (Contribution by), Rubyogo, Jean Claude (Contribution by), Odhiambo, Wilfred (Contribution by), Johansen, Chris (Contribution by), Bedoussac, Laurent (Contribution by), Journet, E-P (Contribution by), Hauggaard-Nielsen, H (Contribution by), Naudin, C (Contribution by), Corre Hellou, G (Contribution by), Jensen, E S (Contribution by), Justes, E (Contribution by), Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel (Contribution by), Ahiabor, B D K (Contribution by), Thomas, Keith (Contribution by), Agunbiade, Tolulope a (Contribution by), Sun, Weilin (Contribution by), Coates, Brad S (Contribution by), Traore, Fousséni (Contribution by), Ojo, James A (Contribution by), Lutomia, Anne N (Contribution by), Bello-Bravo, Julia (Contribution by), Miresmailli, Saber (Contribution by), Huesing, Joseph E (Contribution by), Agyekum, Michael (Contribution by), Pittendrigh, Barry (Contribution by), Morishita, Don W (Contribution by), Murdock, L L (Contribution by), Baributsa, D (Contribution by), Singh, C B (Contribution by), Jayas, D S (Contribution by), Ryan, Elizabeth (Contribution by), Trehan, Indi (Contribution by), Smith, Kristie (Contribution by), Manary, Mark (Contribution by), de Brauw, Alan (Contribution by)

ISBN: 9781786761361

Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd

Hardcover

$210.00

Pub Date: March 12, 2018

Dewey: 633.3

LCCN: 2017938497

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.94" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.64 lbs) 434 pages

BISAC Categories:

Technology and Engineering | Agriculture | Sustainable Agriculture | Agronomy Crop Science

Series: Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Grain legumes are widely seen as a key food security crop in the developing world. This major two-collection reviews the wealth of recent research on improving cultivation of this major crop. This first volume ranges from plant physiology and breeding through to better cultivation techniques.

Brief description: Dr Shoba Sivasankar was formerly the Director of both the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and the Research Program on Dryland Cereals. She was based at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in India.