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Grain legumes play significant and diverse role in the farming systems and provide nutrition security to the largely vegetarian and relatively poorer people around the world. These are ideal crops for achieving three simultaneous developmental goals viz. reducing poverty, improving human health and nutrition, and enhancing ecosystem resilience.
Globally, grain legumes are the second most important crop group next only to cereals but a large proportion of area of it is under rainfed-low input systems as compared to cereals contributing to lower yields. The other important factor responsible for reduced yield in grain legumes is the narrow genetic base of the present day pulse varieties. In order to break the yield barriers of these cultivars, new sources of genes/ alleles need to be identified and suitably incorporated into the adapted background. The information on various aspects of grain legume improvement although has been considerable in the recent past, this information is highly scattered and not available at one place.
The present book consists of comprehensive and latest crop-wise information on important grain legumes of the world including their distribution, gene pool, systematics, status of genetic and genomic resources, production constraints, traits of importance, crop improvement methodologies - both conventional as well as contemporary, and future strategies to be adopted for comprehensive grain legume improvement in various agro-ecological target areas of the globe. The chapters have been contributed by eminent crop experts from across the world engaged in research in their respective crops for the past several years thus providing a rare insight into the crop specific constraints and prospects drawing from their rich overall experience. The book therefore will be a useful source of information to the grain legume researchers, students, policy planners and developmental experts alike.
Dr. Ishwari Singh Bisht is working as a Principal Scientist at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (ICAR), Pusa Campus, New Delhi. As Professor of Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) discipline of Postgraduate School, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (a deemed university), he also coordinates the postgraduate teaching & research of the discipline. Dr. Bisht has been actively associated with various agro-biodiversity management issues being addressed at the national level including crop genetic resources exploration, collection, characterisation, conservation, germplasm enhancement, etc. He has been working in the field of plant genetic resources management for over 30 years and his academic achievements in this area have been widely recognized nationally and internationally. Dr. Bisht's research mainly focuses on a thorough understanding of the
Dr. Manoranjan Dutta is a well-known researcher and academician involved in teaching and research in the areas of crop improvement and genetic resource management for more than 30 years. He had a two years' post doctoral research stint at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India before joining the Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology where he held several important positions including Professor and Head, Department of Crop Improvement; Director, Communication and Publication among others. He was the Head, Division of Germplasm Evaluation at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, ICAR from where he retired recently. Currently, he is a consultant in the Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India. During his long research career, he has developed 15 crop varieties, registered several genetic stocks, published more than 60 research papers in reputed international and national journals, 4 books, 17 book chapters.
- 2014, 2014, 215 Seiten, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Mohar Singh, Ishwari Singh Bisht, Manoranjan Dutta
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- ISBN-10: 8132220234
- ISBN-13: 9788132220237
- Erscheinungsdatum: 28.10.2014
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