TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pratap,Aditya
AU  - Kumar,Jitendra
ED  - C.A.B. International,
TI  - Biology and breeding of food legumes
AV  - SB177.L45 B56 2011eb
U1  - 583/.74 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK
PB  - CABI
KW  - Legumes
KW  - Breeding
KW  - Food crops
KW  - Legumes as food
KW  - Field Crops, (New March 2000)
KW  - Plant Breeding and Genetics
KW  - in vitro Culture of Plant Material
KW  - Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002)
KW  - Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002)
KW  - Taxonomy and Evolution
KW  - Fabaceae
KW  - cabt
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - Evolution
KW  - Genetic engineering
KW  - History
KW  - Hybrids
KW  - In vitro culture
KW  - Molecular genetics
KW  - Plant breeding
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; History, origin and evolution / Aditya Pratap and Jitendra Kumar -- Domestication / P.M. Chimwamurombe and R.K. Khulbe -- Biology of food legumes / S.K. Chaturvedi, Debjyoti Sen Gupta and Rashmi Jain -- Breeding for improvement of cool season food legumes / Michael Materne, Antonio Leonforte, Kristy Hobson, Jeffrey Paull and Annathurai Gnanasambandam -- Breeding for improvement of warm season food legumes / B.B. Singh, R.K. Solanki, B.K. Chaubey and Preeti Verma -- Distant hybridization and alien gene introgression / Shiv Kumar, Muhammad Imtiaz, Sanjeev Gupta and Aditya Pratap -- Polyploidy / S. Safari and J.A. Schlueter -- Cytology and molecular cytogenetics / Nobuko Ohmido -- Molecular cytogenetics in physical mapping of genomes and alien introgressions / H.K. Chaudhary, V.K. Sood, T. Tayeng, V. Kaila and A. Sood -- Micropropagation / E. Skrzypek, I. Czyczylo-Mysza and M. Wȩdzony -- Androgenesis and doubled-haploid production in food legumes / M.M. Lulsdorf, J.S Croser and S. Ochatt -- Genetic transformation / G. Angenon and T.T. Thu -- Male sterility and hybrid production technology / R.G. Palmer, J. Gai, V.A. Dalvi and M.J. Suso -- Mutagenesis / K.H. Oldach -- Breeding for biotic stresses / Ashwani K. Basandrai, Daisy Basandrai, P. Duraimurugan and T. Srinivasan -- Breeding for abiotic stresses / C. Toker and N. Mutlu -- Legume improvement in acidic and less fertile soils / C.R. Spehar, E.A. Pereira and L.A.C. Souza -- Molecular breeding approach in managing abiotic stresses / M. Ishitani, J. Rane, S. Bebee, M. Sankaran, M. Blair and I.M. Rao -- Trait mapping and molecular breeding / S.K. Chamarthi, A. Kumar, T.D. Vuong, M.W. Blair, P.M. Gaur, H.T. Nguyen and R.K. Varshney -- Improving protein content and nutrition quality / J. Burstin, K. Gallardo, R.R. Mir, R.K. Varshney and G. Duc -- Underutilized food legumes : potential for multipurpose uses / Nazmul Haq -- Legumes as a model plant family / S.B. Cannon, Shusei Sato, Satoshi Tabata, N.D. Young and G.D. May -- Plant genetic resources and conservation of biodiversity / S. Sardana, Mohar Singh, S.K. Sharma and Neha Rajan -- Seed dormancy and viability / J.Y. Asibuo -- Postharvest technology / A.P. Rodiño, J. Kumar, M. De La Fuente, A.M. De Ron and M. Santalla -- Value addition and international trade / M. Gupta, B.K. Tiwari and T. Norton; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format
N2  - This book offers an extensive reference on the recent developments made in major food legumes. It offers exhaustive information on various aspects related to history, origin and evolution, botany, breeding objectives and methods, hybrid technology, doubled-haploid breeding and in vitro techniques; and on recent developments made through biotechnology, genetic engineering and molecular approaches
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845937669.0000
ER  -