Lentil (eBook)

An Ancient Crop for Modern Times

David McNeil, Philip C. Stevenson, Shyam S. Yadav (Herausgeber)

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2007 | 2007
XXIII, 461 Seiten
Springer Netherlands (Verlag)
978-1-4020-6313-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The lentil was one of the first foods ever to have been cultivated. This book presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date review of research on lentil production, biotic and abiotic stress management, quality seed production, storage techniques and lentil growing around the world. This book will be of great value to legume breeders, scientists, nutritionists, academic researchers, graduate students, farmers, traders and consumers in the developed and the developing world.

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On behalf of the United States Department of Agriculture, I am pleased to introduce the book Lentil: An Ancient Crop for Modern Times. The articles and essays in this volume, submitted by nearly 100 researchers, educators, and other experts, contain comprehensive information on a variety of topics of significance for lentil growers, researchers, and consumers worldwide. Cultivated lentils (Lens culinars), an annual legume crop, have been grown as an important food source for over 8,000 years. They come in two main varieties: macrosperma (with large seeds and little pigmentation), and microsperma (with small seeds and some pigmentation). Depending on their variety and breed, however, lentil seeds can range in color from red-orange, to yellow, green, brown, or black. They are cultivated and consumed throughout the world, with Canada, Turkey and India being the top producers. Although the production of lentils and other pulse legume crops lags far behind cereal production in most nations, including the United States, production remains highly important because of its benefits for producers and consumers alike. Lentil seeds provide high levels of protein and, when consumed in combination with cereals, they provide adequate amounts of essential amino acids for the human diet. Their relatively short cooking time provides an additional advantage. Lentil production is equally beneficial for producers, as lentils have a high tolerance for extreme environmental conditions such as drought and hot temperatures, and can be grown in semiarid regions without irrigation.

Inhalt

CONTENTS 5
FOREWORD 7
ABOUT THE EDITORS 9
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 12
PREFACE 17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 19
GENERAL NOTE 20
HISTORY AND ORIGIN 21
LENS BIODIVERSITY 30
ADAPTATION AND ECOLOGY 42
USES AND CONSUMPTION 52
NUTRITIONAL VALUE 66
GLOBAL PRODUCTION AND WORLD TRADE 113
LENTIL-BASED CROPPING SYSTEMS 124
RHIZOBIUM MANAGEMENT AND NITROGEN FIXATION 144
NUTRIENT AND IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT 161
WEED MANAGEMENT 175
COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION AND PROFITABILITY 189
GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS OF LENTIL 203
MUTATION BREEDING 225
WILD RELATIVES AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES 241
BREEDING METHODS AND ACHIEVEMENTS 257
VARIETAL ADAPTATION, PARTICIPATORY BREEDING AND PLANT TYPE 270
LENSOMICS: ADVANCES IN GENOMICS AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES FOR LENTIL BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 290
LENTIL DISEASES 305
ABIOTIC STRESSES 328
INSECT PESTS OF LENTIL AND THEIR MANAGEMENT 343
QUALITY SEED PRODUCTION 361
DRYING AND STORING LENTILS: ENGINEERING AND ENTOMOLOGICAL ASPECTS 396
LENTIL GROWERS AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD 426
Index 454

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.9.2007
• Zusatzinfo: XXIII, 461 p.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Lebensmitteltechnologie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: biodiversity • Crop • Ecology • Genetics • Legumes • Lentil • Mutation • seed
• ISBN-10: 1-4020-6313-X / 140206313X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-6313-8 / 9781402063138