The lentil: botany, production and uses

Gift

This book provides a comprehensive review of current lentil research. It contains 26 chapters covering topics on lentil global production, supply and demand

biological nitrogen fixation and soil health improvement

and food preparation and use. The last chapter presents field-based evidence of adoption of improved lentil cultivars from two cases: Bangladesh and Ethiopia.

breeding for short season environments

breeding and management to minimize the effects of drought and improve water use efficiency

cropping systems

advances in molecular research

soil nutrient management

improvement in Developed Countries

genetic resources collection, characterization, conservation and documentation

plant morphology, anatomy and growth habit

origin, phylogeny, domestication and spread

seed quality

mechanization

genetic enhancement for yield and yield stability

postharvest processing and value addition

agroecology and adaptation

disease, pest and weed management