The lentil : botany, production and uses /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2009.
• Subjects: Lentils.; Lentils > Research.; Food Economics, (New March 2000); Supply, Demand and Prices.; Field Crops, (New March 2000); Forage and Fodder Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Water Relations.; Plant Production.; Plant Cropping Systems.; Weeds and Noxious Plants.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Environmental Tolerance of Plants.; Soil Biology.; Soil Fertility.; Biological Resources (Plant); Crop Produce.; Food Processing (General); Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products.; Composition and Quality of Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products.; Plant Ecology.; Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Taxonomy and Evolution.; Lens culinaris.; Adaptation.; Characterization.; Conservation.; Crop production.; Crop yield.; Cropping systems.; Cultivars.; Demand.; Documentation.; Domestication.; Drought resistance.; Food preparation.; Food processing.; Food supply.; Genetic improvement.; Habit.; Improved varieties.; Mechanization.; Nitrogen fixation.; Origin.; Pest control.; Phylogeny.; Plant anatomy.; Plant breeding.; Plant disease control.; Plant diseases.; Plant ecology.; Plant genetic resources.; Plant morphology.; Plant pests.; Plant water relations.; Postharvest treatment.; Reviews.; Seed quality.; Soil fertility.; Soil management.; Spread.; Stability.; Taxonomy.; Water use efficiency.; Weed control.; Weeds.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 457 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book provides a comprehensive review of current lentil research. It contains 26 chapters covering topics on lentil global production, supply and demand; origin, phylogeny, domestication and spread; plant morphology, anatomy and growth habit; agroecology and adaptation; genetic resources collection, characterization, conservation and documentation; genetic enhancement for yield and yield stability; breeding for short season environments; improvement in Developed Countries; advances in molecular research; breeding and management to minimize the effects of drought and improve water use efficiency; soil nutrient management; cropping systems; biological nitrogen fixation and soil health improvement; mechanization; disease, pest and weed management; seed quality; postharvest processing and value addition; and food preparation and use. The last chapter presents field-based evidence of adoption of improved lentil cultivars from two cases: Bangladesh and Ethiopia.