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020			_a9780511525483 (ebook)
020			_z9780521307970 (hardback)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aSB177.L45 _bS58 1990
082	0	0	_a633.3 _220
100	1		_aSmartt, J., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aGrain legumes : _bevolution and genetic resources / _cJ. Smartt.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1990.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 379 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aThis volume provides a wide-ranging survey of all the major grain legumes from the standpoint of both their evolution and their potential for further development and improvement as economically important food crops. The legumes have a vital role to play in both the developed and developing worlds by providing an alternative nitrogen source to the artificial fertilizers, which, although boosting cereal yields, often have had adverse environmental effects. The grain legumes are a valuable crop possessing the ability to fix nitrogen by Rhizobium biosynthesis and thus contribute to the natural nitrogen cycle. The book surveys the changes which have occurred in the course of domestication of the plants which have evolved into our pulse crops and oilseed legume crops. The author then discusses the benefits to be gained from evaluation and improvement of grain legume genetic resources. It is through this comparative approach that the overall potential of these crops is highlighted.
650		0	_aLegumes.
650		0	_aLegumes _xEvolution.
650		0	_aLegumes _xGermplasm resources.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521307970
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511525483
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