ILCA Bulletin No. 30

ILCA Bulletin No. 30
Author: International Livestock Centre for Africa
Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Total Pages: 32
Release:
Genre:
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Grain Legumes

Grain Legumes
Author: J. Smartt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 393
Release: 1990-04-19
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 052130797X

This volume provides a wide-ranging survey of all the major grain legumes.

Tropical Legumes

Tropical Legumes
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2002-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780894991929

This National Academy of Sciences report describes plants of the family Leguminosae, all of them greatly underexploited. Some are extensively used in one part of the world but unknown elsewhere; others are virtually unknown to science but have particular attributes that suggest they could become major crops in the future; a few are already widespread but their possibilities are not yet fully realized.Most of the plants described in this book have the capacity to provide their own nitrogenous fertilizer through bacteria that live in nodules on their roots; the bacteria chemically convert nitrogen gas from the air into soluble compounds that the plant can absorb and utilize. As a result, legumes generally require no additional nitrogenous fertilizer for average growth. This is advantageous because commercial nitrogenous fertilizers are now extremely expensive for peasant farmers. This report demonstrates how farmers in developing countries, by using leguminous plants, can grow useful crops while avoiding that expense. However, the plants to be discussed here should be seen as complements to, not as substitutes for, conventional tropical crops.

Legumes in Dry Areas

Legumes in Dry Areas
Author: D. Kumar
Publisher: Scientific Publishers
Total Pages: 564
Release: 2009-05-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9387741346

Biotechnology is an emerging field of science and as such the government of India is laying a large and exclusive impetus on it. Plant tissue culture is the basic and the most important aspect of Biotechnology. All the molecular biological and biotechnological findings can only be realized in material by the plant tissue culture. Therefore, plant tissue culture has been introduced as a compulsory course in the Undergraduate and Postgraduate syllabi of all the Agricultural Universities, ICAR institutes and other plant science related educational organizations. This book has been designed to benefit the students, the research scholars and the scientists for developing a level of self-confidence to conduct the experiments independently and can acquire the practical skills along with the basic know-how about the techniques being used. Each chapter is devoted to a separate aspect of plant tissue culture and the chapters are arranged in the order of increasing technical complexity. The opening chapters present a brief historical survey of the field of plant tissue culture, a background in sterilization techniques. Various components of the nutrient medium have been dealt in greater detail. The text deals with the experimental details of each and every technique. The protocols have been simplified legibly to include details and notes that we hope will help the user avoid unnecessary errors and confusion. All the applications of plant tissue culture have been very well discussed and the techniques associated with them described in detail. This being a complete book on Plant tissue culture will solve all types of problem of the users who will not have to use other resource books for the same purpose.

Insect Pests of Tropical Food Legumes

Insect Pests of Tropical Food Legumes
Author: S. R. Singh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1990-12-11
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

This work collates the information on the advances made in the control of pests of tropical food legumes, namely the cowpea, soybean, groundnut, pigeon pea and other beans. Contributors are entomologists from the IITA, the International Center of Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and researchers working in Africa, Latin America and Asia. An introduction from the USDA covers the general morphology, ecosystems, regions, distributions and uses of the crops. Chapters discuss field and storage pests, examining the taxonomy, identification, biology and bionomics, geographical distribution, status, damage symptoms and control measures for each pest covered. Also features a chapter on virus vestors and transmission of viruses and suggests strategies for future control and management of insect pests.

Diseases Of Pigeonpea

Diseases Of Pigeonpea
Author: S.C. Agrawal
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2003
Genre: Pigeon pea
ISBN: 9788180690068

This Book Is The Compilation Of The World Literature On Diseases Of Pigeonpea, An Important Pulse Crop Of The Indian Subcontinent, Africa, Australia And South America.