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Record Nr.

UNINA9910412150303321

Autore

Katoch Rajan

Titolo

Ricebean : Exploiting the Nutritional Potential of an Underutilized Legume / / by Rajan Katoch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

981-15-5293-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXXII, 365 p. 141 illus., 76 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

583.74

Soggetti

Food science

Botany

Agriculture

Botanical chemistry

Medicine - Research

Biology - Research

Food Science

Plant Science

Plant Biochemistry

Biomedical Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Underutilized crops: An overview. Chapter 2. Status of research on underutilized crops for food security -- Chapter 3. Prospects of underutilized crops in combating poverty, malnutrition, and hunger -- Chapter 4. Constraints in research, promotion and utilization of underutilized crops -- Chapter 5. Rice bean- a potential underutilized legume -- Chapter 6. Rice bean agronomy -- Chapter 7. Morpho-physiological and productivity attributes of rice bean -- Chapter 8. Nutritional potential of ricebean -- Chapter 9. Incrimnating factors of rice bean -- Chapter 10. Tackling incriminating/anti nutritional factors in rice bean -- Chapter 11. Rice bean foliage as fodder -- Chapter 12. Rice bean- a soil enricher -- Chapter 13. Effect of fertilizers on rice bean productivity and quality -- Chapter 14. Insect pest resistance factors in rice bean -- Chapter 15. Prospect of utilizing



resistance factors from underutilized crops in susceptible crops -- Chapter 16. Nutraceutical potential of rice bean -- Chapter 17. Value added products from rice bean -- Chapter 18. Common diseases and insects of rice bean -- Chapter 19. Strategies for the promotion of rice bean as a potential pulse -- Chapter 20. Conclusion and future prospects.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents valuable research and advances in technologies related to ricebean cultivation production and utilization. Focusing on ricebean as a possible solution to the problems of nutritional insecurity and growing populations in developing countries, it provides comprehensive insights into its nutritional significance as an alternative food legume and discusses its utilization to prevent potential food calamities. This book is a valuable resource for food scientists and technologists, agricultural scientists, nutritionists and researchers.