Legumes represent the second most important family of crop plants after grasses, accounting for approximately 27% of the world's crop production. Past domestication …
Rising temperatures and drought stress limit the growth and production potential of lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus), particularly during reproductive growth and seed filling. The …
In this major 1993 work, Lloyd Evans provides an integrated view of the domestication, adaptation and improvement of crop plants, bringing together genetic diversity, plant …
Humanity is heading toward the major challenge of having to increase food production by about 50% by 2050 to cater for an additional three billion inhabitants, in a context of arable …
JL Weller, LC Liew, VFG Hecht… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Legumes were among the first plant species to be domesticated, and accompanied cereals in expansion of agriculture from the Fertile Crescent into diverse environments across the …
Lentil is a self-pollinating diploid (2 n= 14 chromosomes) annual cool season legume crop that is produced throughout the world and is highly valued as a high protein food. Several …
Despite numerous altempts, the development of generalixed models capable of accurate predictions of the times from sowing to flowering (f) of crop plants in field environments has …
Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) is one of the most important cool season food legume crops grown in many countries. Seeds are typically rich in protein, fiber, prebiotic carbohydrates …
C Messina, G Hammer, Z Dong, D Podlich… - Crop physiology …, 2009 - researchgate.net
Crop performance is determined by the combined effects of the genotype of the crop and the environmental conditions of the production system. Improving crop performance to satisfy an …