The soybean : botany, production and uses /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2010.
• Subjects: Soybean.; Soybean > Processing.; Soybean products.; International Trade.; Marketing and Distribution.; Field Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Plant Production.; Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General); Glycine (Fabaceae); Glycine max.; Botany.; Crop production.; History.; Marketing.; Plant genetic resources.; Plant physiology.; Plant protection.; Soyabeans.; Trade.; Electronic books.
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The book is divided into 6 sections (20 chapters) which deal with history and importance, botany, genetics and plant physiology, production, plant protection, utilization and marketing and trade of soyabeans.

Table of Contents:

• The origin and history of soybean / Li-Juan Qiu and Ru-Zhen Chang
• The role of soybean in agriculture / Guriqbal Singh and B.G. Shivakumar
• Soybean growth and development / Saratha Kumudini
• Soybean genetic resources / S.K. Mishra and V.D. Verma
• Varietal improvement in soybean / Dilip R. Panthee
• Soybean yield physiology : principles and processes of yield production / Dennis B. Egli
• Agro-techniques for soybean production / Guriqbal Singh, Hari Ram and Navneet Aggarwal
• Nutrient management in soybean / A. Subba Rao and K. Sammi Reddy
• Water management in soybean / Guriqbal Singh
• Weed management in soybean / J.S. Mishra
• Biological nitrogen fixation in soybean / David L. McNeil
• Storage of soybean / Prabal K. Ghosh and Digvir S. Jayas
• Diseases of soybean and their management / Glen L. Hartman and Curtis B. Hill
• Insect pests of soybean and their management / Matthew E. O'Neal and Kevin D. Johnson
• Nematodes of soybean and their management / Edward O. Oyekanmi and B. Fawole
• Soybean processing and utilization / Nawab Ali
• Nutritional value of soybean / Vineet Kumar, Anita Rani and G.S. Chauhan
• Uses of soybean : products and preparation / Rita S. Raghuvanshi and Kavita Bisht
• Vegetable soybean / S. Shanmugasundaram and Miao-Rong Yan
• Global soybean marketing and trade : a situation and outlook analysis / Jonas N. Chianu, Edilegnaw W. Zegeye and Ephraim M. Nkonya.