Chickpea breeding and management / / edited by S.S. Yadav ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910446319803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, : CABI, c2007
• ISBN: 1-280-85798-6; 9786610857982; 1-84593-214-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (664 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): YadavS. S (Shyam S.)
• Disciplina: 635.657
• Soggetti: Chickpea; Chickpea - Breeding; Chickpea - Diseases and pests
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""Foreword""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1. History and Origin of Chickpea""; ""2. Taxonomy of the Genus Cicer Revisited""; ""3. The Ecology of Chickpea""; ""4. Uses, Consumption and Utilization""; ""5. Nutritional Value of Chickpea""; ""6. Antinutritional Factors""; ""7. Area, Production and Distribution""; ""8. Chickpea: Rhizobium Management and Nitrogen Fixation""; ""9. Chickpea in Cropping Systems""; ""10. Nutrient Management in Chickpea""; ""11. Weed Management in Chickpea""; ""12. Irrigation Management in Chickpea""; ""13. Integrated Crop Production and Management Technology of Chickpea""""14. Commercial Cultivation and Profitability""; ""15. Genetics and Cytogenetics""; ""16. Utilization of Wild Relatives""; ""17. Biodiversity Management in Chickpea""; ""18. Conventional Breeding Methods""; ""19. Breeding Achievements""; ""20. Chickpea Seed Production""; ""21. Ciceromics: Advancement in Genomics and Recent Molecular Techniques""; ""22. Development of Transgenics in Chickpea""; ""23. Abiotic Stresses""; ""24. Diseases and Their Management""; ""25. Host Plant Resistance and Insect Pest Management in Chickpea""""26. Storage of Chickpea""; ""27. International Trade""; ""28. Crop ; Simulation Models for Yield Prediction""; ""29. Chickpea Farmers""; ""30. Genotype by Environment Interaction and Chickpea Improvement""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
• Sommario/riassunto: Chickpea, an ancient crop of modern times is important in both developing and developed nations. Consisting of 30 succinct chapters by international experts, this book contains the most up to date information on all aspects of chickpea breeding and management. Topics such as integrated pest management and biotechnology applications are covered and are currently important to chickpea improvement. This book combines the many and varied research issues impacting on production and utilisation of the chickpea crop on its journey from paddock to plate.