Ebook: Lentil: An Ancient Crop for Modern Times

The lentil is one of the first foods to have been cultivated and has maintained excellent socio-economic value for over 8,000 years. The ancient crop is now a crop for modern times in both developing and eveloped countries today.

The international market in recent years has increased significantly and this crop is gaining an important place in cropping systems under different ecologies. It is grown in over 35 countries, has a broad range of uses around the world, and the different seed and plant types adapted to an increasingly wide range of ecologies makes this comprehensive volume even more important today.

This book covers all aspects of diversity, breeding and production technologies, and the contents include;

• Origin, adaptation, ecology and diversity
• Utilization, nutrition and production technologies.
• Genetic enhancement, mutation and wild relatives
• Breeding methods and lensomics achievements
• Productivity, profitability and world trade

This book presents the most comprehensive and up to date review of research on lentil production systems, biotic and abiotic stresses management, quality seed production, storage techniques and lentil growing around the world. This book will be of great value to legume breeders, scientists, nutritionists, academic

researchers, graduate students, farmers, traders and consumers in the developed and the developing world.

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The lentil is one of the first foods to have been cultivated and has maintained excellent socio-economic value for over 8,000 years. The ancient crop is now a crop for modern times in both developing and eveloped countries today.

The international market in recent years has increased significantly and this crop is gaining an important place in cropping systems under different ecologies. It is grown in over 35 countries, has a broad range of uses around the world, and the different seed and plant types adapted to an increasingly wide range of ecologies makes this comprehensive volume even more important today.

This book covers all aspects of diversity, breeding and production technologies, and the contents include;

• Origin, adaptation, ecology and diversity
• Utilization, nutrition and production technologies.
• Genetic enhancement, mutation and wild relatives
• Breeding methods and lensomics achievements
• Productivity, profitability and world trade

This book presents the most comprehensive and up to date review of research on lentil production systems, biotic and abiotic stresses management, quality seed production, storage techniques and lentil growing around the world. This book will be of great value to legume breeders, scientists, nutritionists, academic

researchers, graduate students, farmers, traders and consumers in the developed and the developing world.

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The lentil is one of the first foods to have been cultivated and has maintained excellent socio-economic value for over 8,000 years. The ancient crop is now a crop for modern times in both developing and eveloped countries today.

The international market in recent years has increased significantly and this crop is gaining an important place in cropping systems under different ecologies. It is grown in over 35 countries, has a broad range of uses around the world, and the different seed and plant types adapted to an increasingly wide range of ecologies makes this comprehensive volume even more important today.

This book covers all aspects of diversity, breeding and production technologies, and the contents include;

• Origin, adaptation, ecology and diversity
• Utilization, nutrition and production technologies.
• Genetic enhancement, mutation and wild relatives
• Breeding methods and lensomics achievements
• Productivity, profitability and world trade

This book presents the most comprehensive and up to date review of research on lentil production systems, biotic and abiotic stresses management, quality seed production, storage techniques and lentil growing around the world. This book will be of great value to legume breeders, scientists, nutritionists, academic

researchers, graduate students, farmers, traders and consumers in the developed and the developing world.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXIII
History and Origin....Pages 1-9
Lens Biodiversity....Pages 11-22
Adaptation and Ecology....Pages 23-32
Uses and Consumption....Pages 33-46
Nutritional Value....Pages 47-93
Global Production and World Trade....Pages 95-105
Lentil-Based Cropping Systems....Pages 107-126
Rhizobium Management and Nitrogen Fixation....Pages 127-143
Nutrient and Irrigation Management....Pages 145-158
Weed Management....Pages 159-172
Commercial cultivation and Profitability....Pages 173-186
Genetics and Cytogenetics of Lentil....Pages 187-208
Mutation Breeding....Pages 209-224
Wild Relatives And Biotechnological Approaches....Pages 225-240
Breeding Methods and Achievements....Pages 241-253
Varietal Adaptation, Participatory Breeding and Plant Type....Pages 255-274
Lensomics: Advances in Genomics and molecular Techniques for Lentil Breeding and Management....Pages 275-289
Lentil Diseases....Pages 291-313
Abiotic Stresses....Pages 315-329
Insect Pests of Lentil and Their Management....Pages 331-348
Quality Seed Production....Pages 349-383
Drying and Storing Lentils: Engineering and Entomological Aspects....Pages 385-414
Lentil Growers and Production Systems around the World....Pages 415-442
Back Matter....Pages 443-461

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The lentil is one of the first foods to have been cultivated and has maintained excellent socio-economic value for over 8,000 years. The ancient crop is now a crop for modern times in both developing and eveloped countries today.

The international market in recent years has increased significantly and this crop is gaining an important place in cropping systems under different ecologies. It is grown in over 35 countries, has a broad range of uses around the world, and the different seed and plant types adapted to an increasingly wide range of ecologies makes this comprehensive volume even more important today.

This book covers all aspects of diversity, breeding and production technologies, and the contents include;

• Origin, adaptation, ecology and diversity
• Utilization, nutrition and production technologies.
• Genetic enhancement, mutation and wild relatives
• Breeding methods and lensomics achievements
• Productivity, profitability and world trade

This book presents the most comprehensive and up to date review of research on lentil production systems, biotic and abiotic stresses management, quality seed production, storage techniques and lentil growing around the world. This book will be of great value to legume breeders, scientists, nutritionists, academic

researchers, graduate students, farmers, traders and consumers in the developed and the developing world.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXIII
History and Origin....Pages 1-9
Lens Biodiversity....Pages 11-22
Adaptation and Ecology....Pages 23-32
Uses and Consumption....Pages 33-46
Nutritional Value....Pages 47-93
Global Production and World Trade....Pages 95-105
Lentil-Based Cropping Systems....Pages 107-126
Rhizobium Management and Nitrogen Fixation....Pages 127-143
Nutrient and Irrigation Management....Pages 145-158
Weed Management....Pages 159-172
Commercial cultivation and Profitability....Pages 173-186
Genetics and Cytogenetics of Lentil....Pages 187-208
Mutation Breeding....Pages 209-224
Wild Relatives And Biotechnological Approaches....Pages 225-240
Breeding Methods and Achievements....Pages 241-253
Varietal Adaptation, Participatory Breeding and Plant Type....Pages 255-274
Lensomics: Advances in Genomics and molecular Techniques for Lentil Breeding and Management....Pages 275-289
Lentil Diseases....Pages 291-313
Abiotic Stresses....Pages 315-329
Insect Pests of Lentil and Their Management....Pages 331-348
Quality Seed Production....Pages 349-383
Drying and Storing Lentils: Engineering and Entomological Aspects....Pages 385-414
Lentil Growers and Production Systems around the World....Pages 415-442
Back Matter....Pages 443-461
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