Pulses

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Current status and prospects of pulses production/Masood Ali and Shiv Kumar. 2. Role of pulses in agriculture/Guriqbal Singh and H.S. Sekhon. 3. Origin and history of pulses/K.B. Wanjari. 4. Morphological description of pulse crops/S.K. Sachdeva and Balbir Kaur Sohi. 5. Pulses germplasm: collection, conservation and utilisation/S. Sardana, B.S. Dhillon, Mahendra Singh and S.K. Mishra. 6. Varietal improvement in pulses/D.P. Singh, B.B. Singh and Shiv Kumar. 7. Pulses seed production and storage/B.S. Dahiya, D.P. Deswal and R.K. Singh. 8. Weather parameters and pulses production/S.M. Virmani, V. Maruthi and K. Ramachandran. 9. Pulse-based cropping systems/H.S. Sekhon and Guriqbal Singh. 10. Agro-techniques and pulses productivity/H.S. Sekhon and Mehar Singh. 11. Nutrient dynamics and their efficient use in pulse crops/M.S. Aulakh and Pushp Sharma. 12. Biological nitrogen fixation/R.P. Pareek and R. Chandra. 13. Concept of efficient water use in pulses/I.P.S. Ahlawat and D.S. Rana. 14. Physiological yield barriers in pulses/B.G. Shivakumar and Guriqbal Singh. 15. Weed management in pulses/N.T. Yaduraju and J.S. Mishra. 16. Allelopathic potential of pulses/S.S. Narwal, R. Palaniraj, S.C. Sati, H.S. Kadian and D.S. Dahiya. 17. Insect pests of pulses and their management/B.S. Kooner, R.S. Mann and Rubaljot. 18. Disease management in pulses/Gurdip Singh and Y.R. Sharma. 19. Dynamics of nematodes in pulses/S.S. Ali and T.H. Askary. 20. Advances in pulse processing/S.M. Ilyas and R.K. Goyal. 21. Nutritional quality of pulses/Kiran Bains and J.S. Brar. Important pulse crops. Subject index.

"Pulses have an important role in agriculture and human nutrition. Keeping in mind the importance of pulses an attempts has been made to compile information on this important group of crops. All these chapters have been contributed by eminent scientists engaged in pulses research actively." (jacket)