Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Grain Legumes Volume 2: Improving Cultivation of Particular Grain...

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Dr Shoba Sivasankar (formerly International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) Dr David Bergvinson

Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Grain Legumes Volume 2

Improving Cultivation of Particular Grain Legumes

Dr Shoba Sivasankar (formerly International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics), Dr David Bergvinson, Dr Pooran Gaur , Dr Shiv Kumar Agrawal (ICARDA)

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Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
18 January 2018

Sustainable agriculture; Cereal crops

Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science

Grain legumes are characterised by their nutritional value, an ability to grow rapidly and improve soil health. This makes them a key rotation crop in promoting food security. However, yields are constrained by factors such as pests and diseases as well as vulnerability to poor soils, drought and other effects of climate change.

This collection reviews the wealth of research addressing these challenges. Volume 2 assesses key research on particular types of grain legume with chapters on developing improved varieties as well as improvements in cultivation techniques. The book covers common beans, lentils, soybeans, groundnuts, cowpea, faba beans and pigeonpea.

With its distinguished editorial team and international range of expert authors, this will be a standard reference for the grain legume research community and farmers of these important crops. It is accompanied by a companion volume which reviews general advances in breeding and cultivation techniques.

Contributions by: Dr Shiv Kumar Agrawal (ICARDA)
Edited by: Dr Shoba Sivasankar (formerly International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics), Dr David Bergvinson, Dr Pooran Gaur, Dr Steve Beebe (CIAT)
Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 36
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 703g
ISBN: 9781786761408
ISBN 10: 1786761408
Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Pages: 398
Publication Date: 18 January 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Shoba Sivasankar was formerly the Director of both the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and the Research Program on Dryland Cereals. She was based at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in India. Dr David Bergvinson is Director-General of ICRISAT. Dr Pooran Gaur is Assistant Director of the Grain Legumes Research Program and Principal Scientist for chickpea breeding at ICRISAT. Dr Shiv Kumar Agrawal is Food Legumes Coordinator within the Biodiversity and Integrated Gene Management Program at the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) based in Morocco. Dr Steve Beebe is Leader of the Bean Program at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Colombia. Dr Manuele Tamò is an insect ecologist at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Benin, with a particular focus on IPM in cereal-legume systems. He has worked with organisation such as AVRDC, ICRISAT and AfriceRice on IPM projects in many countries. Dr Kenneth Boote is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Agronomy at the University of Florida, USA. He is widely regarded as a pioneer in crop modelling, helping to develop the DSSAT software application program that simulates growth for over 40 different crops. He is presently serving as Co-Lead for Crop Modeling in AgMIP, the global Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project. Amongst his many distinctions, Professor Boote is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy.