Chickpea breeding and management /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Chickpea.; Chickpea > Breeding.; Chickpea > Diseases and pests.; Field Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Morphology and Structure.; Plant Production.; Plant Cropping Systems.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General); Biological Resources (Plant); Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002); Plant Ecology.; Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Taxonomy and Evolution.; Cicer arietinum.; Biotechnology.; Chickpeas.; Crop management.; Crop production.; Cropping systems.; Cytogenetics.; Genetic improvement.; Genetics.; Geographical distribution.; Molecular biology.; Origin.; Plant breeding.; Plant breeding methods.; Plant disease control.; Plant ecology.; Plant nutrition.; Seed production.; Taxonomy.; Wild relatives.; Electronic books.
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This book covers all aspects of chickpea breeding and management, including: origin, taxonomy and ecology; geographic distribution; nutrition; genetics and cytogenetics; breeding methods and achievements; wild relatives; and genetic enrichment using molecular biology and biotechnology. Presenting th...

Table of Contents:

• History and Origin of Chickpea / R.J. Redden and J.D. Berger
• Taxonomy of the Genus Cicer Revisited / L.J.G. van der Maesen, N. Maxted, F. Javadi, S. Coles and A.M.R. Davies
• The Ecology of Chickpea / J.D. Berger and N.C. Turner
• Uses, Consumption and Utilization / S.S. Yadav, N. Longnecker, F. Dusunceli, G. Bejiga, M. Yadav, A.H. Rizvi, M. Manohar, A.A. Reddy, Z. Xaxiao and W. Chen
• Nutritional Value of Chickpea / J.A. Wood and M.A. Grusak
• Antinutritional Factors / M. Muzquiz and J.A. Wood
• Area, Production and Distribution / E.J. Knights, N. Açikgöz, T. Warkentin, G. Bejiga, S.S. Yadav and J.S. Sandhu
• Chickpea : Rhizobium Management and Nitrogen Fixation / F. Kantar, F.Y. Hafeez, B.G. Shivakumar, S.P. Sundaram, N.A. Tejera, A. Aslam, A. Bano and P. Raja
• Chickpea in Cropping Systems / A.F. Berrada, B.G. Shivakumar and N.T. Yaduraju
• Nutrient Management in Chickpea / I.P.S. Ahlawat, B. Gangaiah and M. Ashraf Zahid
• Weed Management in Chickpea / J.P. Yenish
• Irrigation Management in Chickpea / H.S. Sekhon and G. Singh
• Integrated Crop Production and Management Technology of Chickpea / S. Pande, Y. Gan, M. Pathak and S.S. Yadav
• Commercial Cultivation and Profitability / A.A. Reddy, V.C. Mathur, M. Yadav and S.S. Yadav
• Genetics and Cytogenetics / D. McNeil, F. Ahmad, S. Abbo and P.N. Bahl
• Utilization of Wild Relatives / S. Abbo, R.J. Redden and S.S. Yadav
• Biodiversity Management in Chickpea / R.J. Redden, B.J. Furman, H.D. Upadhyaya, R.P.S. Pundir, C.L.L. Gowda, C.J. Coyne and D. Enneking
• Conventional Breeding Methods / P.M. Salimath, C. Toker, J.S. Sandhu, J. Kumar, B. Suma, S.S. Yadav and P.N. Bahl
• Breeding Achievements / P.M. Gaur, C.L.L. Gowda, E.J. Knights, T. Warkentin, N. Açikgöz, S.S. Yadav and J. Kumar
• Chickpea Seed Production / A.J.G. van Gastel, Z. Bishaw, A.A. Niane, B.R. Gregg and Y. Gan
• Ciceromics : Advancement in Genomics and Recent Molecular Techniques / P.N. Rajesh, K.E. McPhee, R. Ford, C. Pittock, J. Kumar and F.J. Muehlbauer
• Development of Transgenics in Chickpea / K.E. McPhee, J. Croser, B. Sarmah, S.S. Ali, D.V. Amla, P.N. Rajesh, H.B. Zhang and T.J. Higgins
• Abiotic Stresses / C. Toker, C. Lluch, N.A. Tejera, R. Serraj and K.H.M. Siddique
• Diseases and Their Management / G. Singh, W. Chen, D. Rubiales, K. Moore, Y.R. Sharma and Y. Gan
• Host Plant Resistance and Insect Pest Management in Chickpea / H.C. Sharma, C.L.L. Gowda, P.C. Stevenson, T.J. Ridsdill-Smith, S.L. Clement, G.V. Ranga Rao, J. Romeis, M. Miles and M. El Bouhssini
• Storage of Chickpea / C.J. Demianyk, N.D.G. White and D.S. Jayas
• International Trade / F. Dusunceli, J.A. Wood, A. Gupta, M. Yadav and S.S. Yadav
• Crop Simulation Models for Yield Prediction / M.R. Anwar, G. O'Leary, J. Brand and R.J. Redden
• Chickpea Farmers / J. Kumar, F. Dusunceli, E.J. Knights, M. Materne, T. Warkentin, W. Chen, P.M. Gaur, G. Bejiga, S.S. Yadav, A. Satyanarayana, M.M. Rahman and M. Yadav
• Genotype by Environment Interaction and Chickpea Improvement / J.D. Berger, J. Speijers, R.L. Sapra and U.C. Sood.