The lentil: botany, production and uses
The lentil: botany, production and uses [electronic resource]
Edited by W. Erskine, F. J. Muehlbauer, A. Sarker, B. Sharma.
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- WallingfordUK CABI 2009
- 446pp.;
- Botany, Production and Uses .
- Botany, Production and Uses .
In the last three decades, the global production of lentils has almost tripled due to larger harvest areas but also more importantly from progress in research and productivity. Chapters outline improvements in production, such as water and soil nutrient management, agronomy, mechanization and weed management. Developments in genetics and breeding are discussed alongside improved knowledge of the lentil's origin, domestication, morphology and adaptation. The implementation and impact of this new research at the farm level is also addressed as well as the crop's post-harvest processing and nutritional value.
9781845934880
10.1079/9781845934873.0000 doi
plant morphology Developed Countries stability angiosperms food preparation Fabaceae Papilionoideae crop production conservation plant pests plant disease control pest control subsaharan Africa drought tolerance documentation weeds South Asia adaptation pests varieties mechanization soil management Fabales soil fertility postharvest treatment taxonomy systematics genetic improvement food supply Spermatophyta food processing plant water relations plants Asia cropping systems East Africa crop yield Commonwealth of Nations plant anatomy characterization phylogeny eudicots water use efficiency nitrogen fixation improved varieties habit reviews Africa South of Sahara ACP Countries domestication Lens cultivars Ethiopia plant genetic resources plant ecology plant diseases Lens culinaris cultivated varieties Abyssinia eukaryotes Least Developed Countries origin demand weed control spread Africa Developing Countries seed quality plant breeding Bangladesh lentils drought resistance
In the last three decades, the global production of lentils has almost tripled due to larger harvest areas but also more importantly from progress in research and productivity. Chapters outline improvements in production, such as water and soil nutrient management, agronomy, mechanization and weed management. Developments in genetics and breeding are discussed alongside improved knowledge of the lentil's origin, domestication, morphology and adaptation. The implementation and impact of this new research at the farm level is also addressed as well as the crop's post-harvest processing and nutritional value.
9781845934880
10.1079/9781845934873.0000 doi
plant morphology Developed Countries stability angiosperms food preparation Fabaceae Papilionoideae crop production conservation plant pests plant disease control pest control subsaharan Africa drought tolerance documentation weeds South Asia adaptation pests varieties mechanization soil management Fabales soil fertility postharvest treatment taxonomy systematics genetic improvement food supply Spermatophyta food processing plant water relations plants Asia cropping systems East Africa crop yield Commonwealth of Nations plant anatomy characterization phylogeny eudicots water use efficiency nitrogen fixation improved varieties habit reviews Africa South of Sahara ACP Countries domestication Lens cultivars Ethiopia plant genetic resources plant ecology plant diseases Lens culinaris cultivated varieties Abyssinia eukaryotes Least Developed Countries origin demand weed control spread Africa Developing Countries seed quality plant breeding Bangladesh lentils drought resistance