Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Legumes

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Adzuki Bean (Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & Ohashi) Breeding

   • Lixia Wang, Jie Wang, Xuzhen Cheng

   Pages 1-23

3. Recent Advances in Breeding, Marker Assisted Selection and Genomics of Black Gram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper)

   • Farrukh Azeem, Muhammad Junaid Bilal, Usman Ijaz, Muhammad Zubair, Ijaz Rasul, Muhammad Jawad Asghar et al.

   Pages 25-52

4. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Cytogenetics, Genetic Diversity and Breeding

   • Aamir Raina, Samiullah Khan, Mohammad Rafiq Wani, Rafiul Amin Laskar, Waseem Mushtaq

   Pages 53-112

5. Cluster Bean [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub] Breeding

   • Aravind Kumar Jukanti, Rakesh Pathak, Chiranjeevi Mushyam

   Pages 113-149

6. Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Breeding

   • Oswalt R. Jiménez

   Pages 151-200

7. Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] Breeding

   • Ousmane Boukar, Abou Togola, Siva Chamarthi, Nouhoun Belko, Haruki Ishikawa, Kanako Suzuki et al.

   Pages 201-243

8. Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Breeding

   • Xuxiao Zong, Tao Yang, Rong Liu

   Pages 245-286

9. Hyacinth Bean (Lablab purpureus L. Sweet): Genetics, Breeding and Genomics

   • Panichayil V. Vaijayanthi, Chandrakant, Sampangi Ramesh

   Pages 287-318

10. Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Diversity, Cytogenetics and Breeding

    • Rafiul Amin Laskar, Samiullah Khan, Chitta Ranjan Deb, Nasya Tomlekova, Mohammad Rafiq Wani, Aamir Raina et al.

    Pages 319-369

11. Mung Bean (Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek) Breeding

    • Jungmin Ha, Suk-Ha Lee

    Pages 371-407

12. Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.): An Ideal Crop for Sustainable Agriculture

    • Rachit K. Saxena, K. B. Saxena, Rajeev K. Varshney

    Pages 409-429

13. Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] Breeding: History, Improvement, Production and Future Opportunities

    • Edwin J. Anderson, Md Liakat Ali, William D. Beavis, Pengyin Chen, Tom Elmo Clemente, Brian W. Diers et al.

    Pages 431-516

14. Back Matter

    Pages 517-522

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This book examines the development of innovative modern methodologies towards augmenting conventional plant breeding, in individual crops, for the production of new crop varieties under the increasingly limiting environmental and cultivation factors to achieve sustainable agricultural production, enhanced food security, in addition to providing raw materials for innovative industrial products and pharmaceuticals. This is Vol 7, subtitled Legumes, focuses on advances in breeding strategies using both traditional and modern approaches for the improvement of individual legume crops. Included in this volume are Adzuki bean, Black gram, Chickpea Cluster bean, Common bean, Cowpea, Faba bean, Hyacinth bean, Lentil, Mung bean, Pigeonpea and Soybean. This volume is contributed by 57 internationally reputable scientists from 9 countries. Each chapter comprehensively reviews the modern literature on the subject and reflects the authors own experience. 

• Biotechnology
• Genetic improvement
• Plant breeding
• Tissue culture
• Molecular biology

• Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Al Hassa, Saudi Arabia

  Jameel M. Al-Khayri

• University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

  Shri Mohan Jain

• Cincinnati, USA

  Dennis V. Johnson

Prof. Jameel M. Al-Khayri is a Professor of plant biotechnology affiliated with the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. He received B.S. in Biology in 1984 from the University of Toledo, M.S. in Agronomy in 1988, and Ph.D. in Plant Science in 1991 from the University of Arkansas.

Prof. Shri Mohan Jain is a Consultant and Plant Biotechnologist, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; received M. Phil, 1973 and Ph.D., 1978, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

Prof. Dennis V. Johnson is a Consultant and Former University Professor. He is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles where he completed his B.A. (1966), M.A. (1970) and Ph.D. (1972) degrees in geography, with specialization in agriculture and biogeography. 

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