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Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Grain Legumes Volume 2: Improving Cultivation of Particular Grain Legumes
Contributor(s): Sivasankar, Shoba (Editor), Bergvinson, David (Editor), Gaur, Pooran (Editor)
ISBN: 1786761408     ISBN-13: 9781786761408
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd
OUR PRICE:   $209.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: January 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture
- Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Agronomy - Crop Science
Dewey: 633.3
LCCN: 2017938497
Series: Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.55 lbs) 400 pages
 
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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, chickpeas, 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.

Contributor Bio(s): Boote, Kenneth: - Dr Kenneth Boote is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Agronomy at the University of Florida, USA. He is widely regarded as a pioneer in crop modelling, helping to develop the DSSAT software application program that simulates growth for over 40 different crops. He is presently serving as Co-Lead for Crop Modeling in AgMIP, the global Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project. Amongst his many distinctions, Professor Boote is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy.Sivasankar, Shoba: - 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.Tamo, Manuele: - Dr Manuele Tamò is an insect ecologist at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Benin, with a particular focus on IPM in cereal-legume systems. He has worked with organisation such as AVRDC, ICRISAT and AfriceRice on IPM projects in many countries.Bergvinson, David: - Dr David Bergvinson is Director-General of ICRISAT.Gaur, Pooran: - Dr Pooran Gaur is Assistant Director of the Grain Legumes Research Program and Principal Scientist for chickpea breeding at ICRISAT.Kumar Agrawal, Shiv: - Dr Shiv Kumar Agrawal is Food Legumes Coordinator within the Biodiversity and Integrated Gene Management Program at the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) based in Morocco.Beebe, Steve: - Dr Steve Beebe is Leader of the Bean Program at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Colombia.