Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Grain Legumes, Volume I

Hardback  390 pp  ISBN 0849314305      £105.00

• Consolidates information on germplasm resources, cytogenetic manipulation, and the breeding of grain legumes
• Presents methodologies for crop improvement
• Discusses the current status of taxonomy, genomic and chromosomal constitution, and geographical distribution of economically important grain legumes and their allied species
• Provides extensive literature citations in each chapter

Summarizing landmark research, Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Grain Legumes, Volume I furnishes information on the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding varieties. Written by an internationally renowned and innovative panel of scientists, the book offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on genetic resources and their utilization for increasing the yield of the most widely grown and consumed grain legumes.

In eleven succinct chapters, Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Grain Legumes, Volume I focuses on the common bean, pea, pigeonpea, cowpea, faba bean, chickpea, lentil, lupin, mung bean, and azuki bean. Discussions for each crop begin with a brief introduction and then provide comprehensive information on the origin, genetic resources, cytogenetics, and improvement strategies by conventional, chromosome-engineering, and molecular-breeding methods. Primary (GP-1), secondary (GP-2), and tertiary (GP-3) gene pools for a crop are identified and their use in producing high yielding varieties with resistance to several biotic and abiotic stresses are described as well.

Sure to become the standard reference for improving crop yields, this book is the definitive source of information for plant breeders, agronomists, cytogeneticists, taxonomists, molecular biologists, biotechnologists, and graduate students and researchers in these fields.

Contents

• LANDMARK RESEARCH IN GRAIN LEGUMES R.J. Singh
• COMMON BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.) S.P. Singh
• PEA (PISUM SATIVUM L.) B. Redden, T. Leonforte, R. Ford, J. Croser, and J. Slattery
• PIGEONPEA [CAJANUS CAJAN (L.) MILLSP.] K.B. Saxena
• COWPEA [VIGNA UNGUICULATA (L.) WALP.] B.B. Singh
• FABA BEAN (VICIA FABA L.) J.I. Cubero and S. Nadal
• CHICKPEA (CICER ARIETINUM L.) F. Ahmad, P.M. Gaur, and J.S. Croser
• LENTIL (LENS CULINARIS MEDIK) F.J. Muehlbauer and K.E. McPhee
• LUPIN J.C. Clements B.J. Buirchel, H. Yang, P.M.C. Smith, M.W. Sweetingham, and C.G. Smith
• MUNGBEAN [VIGNA RADIATA (L.) WILCZEK] N. Tomooka, D.A. Vaughan, and A. Kaga
• AZUKI BEAN [VIGNA ANGULARIS (L.) OHWI & OHASHI] D.A. Vaughan, N. Tomooka, and A. Kaga
• INDEX