Description
Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops, 2007
Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants Series, Vol. 3
Coordinator: Kole Chittaranjan
Language: EnglishSubjects for Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops:
Keywords
Economic plants; Field crops; Gene maps; Plant breeding; bean; breeding; cloning; crops; genes; genome; genome mapping; oilseed; pea
Publication date: 11-2010
306 p. · 19.3x27 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 11-2006
306 p. · 20.3x27.6 cm · Hardback
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Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops comprises reviews contributed by 47 eminent scientists from 10 countries. The chapters on common bean, pea, cowpea, sugarcane and potato include comprehensive reviews of voluminous research findings. Fundamental aspects and molecular results are also presented for eight ?orphan crops? of high agroeconomic importance including mungbean, lentil, chickpea, lathyrus, pigeonpea, sweet potato, cassava and yam. works on quinoa and Bambara groundnut are reviewed for the first time.
The huge amount of information hitherto dispersed in journals is now available in a clearly structured reference work
This herculean work will be useful for generations to come, Guenter Blobel says of the project
An invaluable work that will promote further genomic research
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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