The Lentil
Botany, Production and Uses
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The Lentil Botany, Production and Uses
Edited by
William Erskine,1 Fred J. Muehlbauer,2 Ashutosh Sarker3 and Balram Sharma4 1Centre
for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA), The University of Western Australia, Australia 2USDA-ARS, 303 Johnson Hall, Washington State University, USA 3International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria 4Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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Contents
Contributors Foreword
vii xi
1. Introduction W. Erskine, F.J. Muehlbauer, A. Sarker and B. Sharma
1
2. Global Production, Supply and Demand W. Erskine
4
3. Origin, Phylogeny, Domestication and Spread J.I. Cubero, M. Pérez de la Vega and R. Fratini
13
4. Plant Morphology, Anatomy and Growth Habit M.C. Saxena
34
5. Agroecology and Crop Adaptation M. Materne and K.H.M. Siddique
47
6. Genetic Resources: Collection, Characterization, Conservation and Documentation B.J. Furman, C. Coyne, B. Redden, S.K. Sharma and M. Vishnyakova 7. Genetics of Economic Traits B. Sharma
64 76
8. Genetic Enhancement for Yield and Yield Stability A. Sarker, A. Aydogan, S. Chandra, M. Kharrat and S. Sabaghpour
102
9. Breeding for Short Season Environments M. Matiur Rahman, A. Sarker, S. Kumar, A. Ali, N.K. Yadav and M. Lutfor Rahman
121
10. Improvement in Developed Countries F.J. Muehl