Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Grain Legumes Volume 2 [electronic resource] : Improving Cultivation of Particular Grain Legumes.
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Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Series list; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Cultivation of common beans, lentils, soybeans and groundnuts; Part 2 Cultivation of cowpea, faba beans and pigeonpea; Part 1 Cultivation of common beans, lentils, soybeans and groundnuts; Chapter 1 Developing improved varieties of common bean; 1 Introduction; 2 Yield and yield gap in common beans; 3 Factors affecting bean yields; 4 Quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis; 5 Genomic analysis; 6 Conclusion; 7 Future trends; 8 Where to look for further information; 9 References.
- Chapter 2 Improving cultivation practices for common beans1 Introduction to the common bean: origin, domestication and economic importance; 2 World production trends; 3 Production constraints; 4 Cropping system; 5 Integrated pest management; 6 Management of diseases; 7 Water management; 8 Nutrient management: phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N); 9 Nutrient management: further issues; 10 Conclusion; 11 Where to look for further information; 12 Abbreviations and acronyms; 13 References; Chapter 3 Developing improved varieties of lentil; 1 Introduction; 2 Production regions and their agro-ecologies.
- 3 Phylogeny, domestication/spread and genetic resources4 Problems addressable by breeding; 5 Breeding methods; 6 New technologies; 7 Success stories; 8 Future trends; 9 Where to look for further information; 10 References; Chapter 4 Improving cultivation of lentil; 1 Introduction; 2 Lentil description; 3 Climate requirements for lentil cultivation; 4 Land requirements for lentil cultivation; 5 Nutrient requirements for lentil cultivation; 6 Seed quality and treatments; 7 Land preparation and planting; 8 Innovations in lentil cropping systems; 9 Conclusion and future trends.
- 10 Where to look for further information11 References; Chapter 5 The use of marker-assisted selection in developing improved varieties of soybean; 1 Introduction; 2 Genomes as intellectual property; 3 Methods for MAS; 4 Marker development; 5 Choice of markers; 6 Identification of polymorphism; 7 Genetic and association map development; 8 Marker-assisted recovery of recurrent parent genome; 9 MAS in recurrent cross populations; 10 Scoring of phenotypes; 11 Use of molecular markers to select desirable traits in soybean; 12 Future trends and conclusion; 13 Where to look for further information.
- 14 ReferencesChapter 6 Improving cultivation practices for soybeans in sub-Saharan Africa; 1 Introduction; 2 Trends in soybean production and consumption in SSA; 3 Best practices to enhance soybean yields: inoculation with rhizobia and use of improved varieties; 4 Best practices to enhance soybean yields: improved crop management; 5 Other considerations to improve soybean productivity in SSA; 6 Conclusion; 7 Where to look for further information; 8 References; Chapter 7 Developing improved varieties of groundnut; 1 Introduction; 2 Genetic resources for trait mining; 3 Breeding targets.