Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: biosystematics of the legumes
- 2 The role of grain legumes in the human economy
- 3 The groundnut, Arachis hypogaea L.
- 4 The New World pulses: Phaseolus species
- 5 The Old World pulses: Vigna species
- 6 Pulses of the classical world
- 7 The other legume oilseeds
- 8 The pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.)
- 9 Minor grain legumes
- 10 Germplasm resources and the future
- References
- Postscript
- Supplementary references
- Author index
- General index
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: biosystematics of the legumes
- 2 The role of grain legumes in the human economy
- 3 The groundnut, Arachis hypogaea L.
- 4 The New World pulses: Phaseolus species
- 5 The Old World pulses: Vigna species
- 6 Pulses of the classical world
- 7 The other legume oilseeds
- 8 The pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.)
- 9 Minor grain legumes
- 10 Germplasm resources and the future
- References
- Postscript
- Supplementary references
- Author index
- General index
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- Grain LegumesEvolution and Genetic Resources, pp. 333 - 360Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1990