Advances in Arid Legumes Research/edited by A. Henry, D. Kumar and N.B. Singh. Jodhpur, Scientific, 2003, xiv, 523 p., tables, $66. ISBN 81-7233-342-0.

Contents: I. Genetic improvement and genetic resources: 1. Major advances and future prospects of pulse production in India/N.B. Singh and Jagmail Singh. 2. Quantitative genetic analysis in some genotypes of clusterbean/S.P.S. Chaudhary, A.K. Choudhary, S.S. Shekhawat and N.P. Singh. 3. Variability and correlation studies in some genotypes of clusterbean/N.P. Singh, A.K. Choudhary and S.P.S. Chaudhary. 4. Varietal diversity in clusterbean and green gram/B.K. Mathur and A. Henry. 5. Genetic architecture of seed yield and its components in clusterbean/Khushwinder Singh Brar and Kulbhushan Kumar Grover. 6. Induced mutations for creating variability for economic traits in cowpea/S.K. Mishra and Daya Chand. 7. Radiation induced high yielding determinate mutants in cowpea/R.N. Pandey and P. Dhanasekar. 8. Heterosis in cowpea/S.H. Haibatpure, S.D. Solanki and S.B.S. Tikka. 9. Heterosis and inbreeding depression for grain characters in cowpea/Anupam Singh and R.N. Arora. 10. Comparison of breeding methods for isolations of promising segregants in advanced generations in three crosses of cowpea/R. Nagaraja, K.P. Viswanatha and G. Girish. 11. Development of early maturing white seeded cowpea varieties in Rajasthan/Durga Dass Saini. 12. Association analysis for grain yield and contributing characters in cowpea/L.D. Parmar, R.M. Chauhan and S.B.S. Tikka. 13. Diversity for economic traits in cowpea/S.K. Mishra, B.B. Singh, Daya Chand and K.N. Meena. 14. Variability and path analysis in grain cowpea/Vineeta Kumari, R.N. Arora and J.V. Singh. 15. Genetic variability for crude protein and in vitro protein digestibility in cowpea/U.N. Joshi, R.N. Arora and R.S. Sangwan. 16. Varietal divergence in cowpea/A. Henry and B.K. Mathur. 17. Combining ability in cowpea/R.M. Chauhan, S.D. Solanki, P.T. Patel and S.B.S. Tikka. 18. Radiobiological responses of cowpea/Seema Gaur, Manju Singh, Neetu Rathore, P.S. Bhati and D. Kumar. 19. Induced polygenic variability in moth bean/Manju Singh, Seema Gaur, Neetu Rathore, P.S. Bhati and D. Kumar. 20. Estimation of genetic parameters in moth bean/S.S. Solanki, R.C. Sharma, R.K. Kakani and D.K. Garg. 21. Mutation breeding in moth bean/R.C. Sharma, P. Joshi and R.K. Kakani. 22. Genetic variability and character association in moth bean under hyper arid region/D.K. Garg, R.K. Sharma, R.C. Sharma and P.C. Gupta. 23. Genetic divergence, variability and character association in moth bean/R.K. Kakani, R.C. Sharma and D.K. Garg. 24. Genetic divergence in moth bean/R.C. Sharma, R.K. Kakani, S.S. Solanki and D.K. Garg. 25. Evaluation of germplasm lines of moth bean/R.K. Kakani, D.K. Garg, R.C. Sharma and Shiv Narayan. 26. Character associations over environments in moth bean/S.D. Solanki, R.M. Chauhan and S.B.S. Tikka. 27. Hybridization studies in horse gram/E. Sreenivasan. 28. Genetical study of variability parameters in horse gram/B. Ram, R. Pandya, L.K. Sharma and B. Vaid. 29. Correlation and path analysis for yield in horsegram under two rainfall regimes/R. Pandya, B. Ram, B. Vaid and L.K. Sharma. 30. Collection and evaluation of germplasm of three arid legumes from Rajasthan/O.P. Yadav, A. Henry and B.S. Yadav. 31. Genetic variation in phytase and acid phosphatase contents of legume seeds/R.S. Yadav, D. Kumar, B.M. Sharma and J.C. Tarafdar. 32. Character interrelationship in grain type Indian bean/S.B.S. Tikka, R.M. Chauhan, L.D. Parmar and S.D. Solanki. 33. Inheritance of some characters in lablab bean/A. Bhuvaneshwari and A.R. Muthiah. 34. Breeding systems in Senna/S.K. Jindal and Manjit Singh. 35. Performance of Senna accessions for dry biomass and its related traits in Western Rajasthan under irrigated conditions in canal command area/Manjit Singh and S.K. Jindal. 36. Performance of Senna genotypes for dry biomass and its related characters in Western Rajasthan under irrigated conditions in canal command area/P.R. Kothari, S.K. Jindal and Manjit Singh. 37. Morphological variability for seed characters in Acacia senegal/S.K. Jindal and Manjit Singh. II. Crop production and cropping system: 38. Crop production strategies for arid legumes with remunerative efforts and cost/A.S. Faroda and Raj Singh. 39. Integrated nutrient management through arid legumes in Rajasthan/Pratap Narain and Praveen Kumar. 40. Significance of biofertilizers for sustainable production of arid legumes/A.V. Rao and T.K. Bhati. 41. Mobilization of phosphorus nutrition in soil during clusterbean cultivation/K.P. Tripathi and Praveen Kumar. 42. Response of clusterbean to levels of phosphorus and sulphur under rainfed conditions/I.C. Patel, M.M. Patel, A.I. Patel, A.G. Patel and S.B.S. Tikka. 43. Influence of N, P and S on yield and chemical composition of rainfed clusterbean/R.R. Shakhela, K.I. Patel and J.A. Patel. 44. Response of early maturing guar variety to date of sowing and seed rate/B.D. Yadav, R.K. Joon and Virender Kumar. 45. Weed control in cowpea under rainfed conditions/M.M. Patel, A.I. Patel, I.C. Patel and S.B.S. Tikka. 46. Production potential and economics of clusterbean under various geometries and intercropping systems/Jagdev Singh, Anil Kumar and Bikram Singh. 47. Relative performance, evapotranspiration, water and nitrogen use efficiency and nitrogen metabolism of diverse genotypes of clusterbean under arid environment/B.K. Garg, S. Kathju, S.P. Vyas and A.N. Lahiri. 48. Effect of phosphorus and sulphur on growth and yield of clusterbean/Anurag Saxena, Y.V. Singh, D.V. Singh and M. Patidar. 49. Response of clusterbean varieties to fertility levels and cropping systems under arid conditions/Raj Singh and M.A. Khan. 50. Effect of sowing methods and weed management on weeds and yield of clusterbean/Raj Singh and Bhagawan Singh. 51. Effect of Thiourea on dew bean grown in low fertile undulating soil of the Thar Desert/Ishwar Singh, M.S. Rathore and M.S. Chandawat. 52. Response of cowpea to levels of phosphorus and sulphur/M.M. Patel, A.I. Patel, I.C. Patel and S.B.S. Tikka. 53. Effect of Thiourea on cowpea productivity under rainfed conditions/B.D. Yadav, R.K. Joon and D.S. Rana. 54. Response of horse gram cultivars to fertilizers and spacing under rainfed conditions/L.K. Jain and S.N. Sodani. 55. Response of horse gram to doses of phosphorus and sulphur under rainfed conditions/S.N. Sodani and L.K. Jain. 56. Influence of micro-environmental changes and water stress on mung bean productivity under arid zone farming systems/R.S. Singh and A.K. Sharma. 57. Effect of agronomic practices on yield and milling quality of green gram/N.L. Joshi, P.C. Mali and Anurag Saxena. 58. Response of mung bean to zinc and iron on Vertisols in South-Eastern Plains of Rajasthan/P.K. Gupta, N.N. Sharma, H.K. Acharya, S.K. Gupta and G.C. Mali. 59. Effect of K and S fertilization on mung bean productivity grown on Vertisols in Hadoti region of Rajasthan/G.C. Mali, S.K. Gupta, P.K. Gupta, H.K. Acharya, and N.N. Sharma. 60. Response of Pigeonpea to S and Zn fertilization on Vertisols in South-Eastern Plain of Rajasthan/G.C. Mali, N.N. Sharma, H.K. Acharya, S.K. Gupta and P.K. Gupta. 61. Competitive relationship of arid legumes and pearlmillet inter cropping system under rainfed conditions of Western Rajasthan/N.D. Yadav and R.K. Beniwal. 62. Influence of Khejri on yield of arid legumes and soil fertility/S.N. Jaimini, S.B.S. Tikka and J.M. Patel. 63. Productivity of grain legumes in agri-silviculture systems under hot arid conditions/B.M. Sharma. III. Quality improvement and value addition: 64. The industrial potential of arid legumes processing industry in India in the post gatt scenario – problems and opportunities/D.B. Wankhede. 65. Fatty acid profile of horse gram seeds/U.N. Joshi and Y.P. Luthra. 66. Studies on effect of processing on the functional properties of moth bean, horse gram and cowpea/D.B. Wankhede, H.M. Syed and K.A. Syed. 67. Composite flour in cookie making/A.B. Rodge and D.B. Wankhede. 68. The effect of germination on the changes in protein, free amino acid and in-vitro protein digestibility of moth bean and horse gram/S. Ismail, D.B. Wankhede, H.M. Syed, A.S. Kulkarni and M. Fayazuddin. 69. Studies on isolation and characterization of starch from two varieties of moth bean/A.S. Kulkarni, D.B. Wankhede, H.M. Syed, S. Ismail, B.M. Kajalwad and A.R. Sawate. 70. Studies on sensory and nutritional qualities of breads supplemented with native and germinated horse gram and cowpea flours/H.W. Deshpande, D.B. Wankhede, H.M. Syed, J.L. Shekapure and H.H. Bhadarge. 71. Studies on isolation, purification, physico-chemical and pasting behaviour of starch from two varieties of horse gram/P.M. Ganorkar, D.B. Wankhede, S.K. Arifuddin, M. Fayazuddin and P.N. Satwadhar. IV. Management of abiotic stresses: 72. Management of abiotic stresses through resistance breeding/D. Kumar. 73. Physiological aspects of abiotic stress tolerance in arid legumes/B.K. Garg. 74. Chromium induced changes in carbon and nitrogen metabolism in guar/U.N. Joshi, S.S. Rathore and S.K. Arora. 75. Effect of drought ameliorative chemicals on clusterbean grown on light textured soil under rainfed conditions/Virender Kumar, B.D. Yadav and J.S. Yadav. 76. Stability of local genotypes of clusterbean in semi-arid region/R.C. Singh. 77. Stability of yield and quality traits in guar/Anita D’almeida and S.B.S. Tikka. 78. In-vitro screening for drought tolerance in cowpea/P. Dhanasekar and R.N. Pandey. 79. Stability analysis for test weight in cowpea/R.S. Khatri, R. Kavitha and R.S. Sangwan. 80. Stability analysis for grain yield in cowpea/R. Kavitha, R.S. Khatri and R.S. Sangwan. 81. Stability of cowpea lines under weather conditions of semi arid region/R.C. Singh. 82. Genotypes x environment interactions for seed yield in cowpea/A. Henry. 83. Water use efficiency and yield performance of summer cowpea under varying moisture stress situations/S. Anitha, Gracy Mathew, E. Sreenivasan and S.M. Purushothaman. 84. Relative drought tolerance of moth bean genotypes/S.P. Vyas, B.K. Garg, S. Kathju and A.N. Lahiri. 85. Seed germination, seedling growth and nitrogen metabolism of clusterbean genotypes as affected by hiyperthermia/Saroj Nein and S.P. Vyas. V. Integrated plant protection measures: 86. Biochemical parameters involved for resistance against root rot in clusterbean/U.N. Joshi, P.P. Gupta and J.V. Singh. 87. Management of charcoal rot of clusterbean/K. Chitale and S.K. Tak. 88. Screening of clusterbean germplasm against root rot and bacterial leaf blight/P.P. Gupta, Vivek Gupta, J.V. Singh, Anita Punia and Richa Kapoor. 89. Evaluation of different methods to detect Xanthomonas axonopodis Pv. cyamopsidis in clusterbean seed/Anil Gupta, P.P. Gupta and R.D. Parashar. 90. Evaluation of phytoncides against Xanthomonas axonopodis Pv. cyamopsidis/Sunil Kumar, Vijai Pal, Indu Jalali and J.V. Singh. 91. Extent of yellow mosaic virus disease of moth bean in Bikaner region/N.K. Khatri, U.S. Nanda and R.K. Kakani. 92. Screening of moth bean germplasm against yellow mosaic virus/N.K. Khatri, R.C. Sharma, R.K. Kakani, U.S. Nanda and R.K. Rathore. 93. Effect of extracts of Trigonella Foenum – Graceum on the growth of Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium oxysporum/Leena Daswani, Pradeep Parihar and A. Bohra. 94. In-vitro study of antifungal activity of Tamarindus indica against Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium oxysporum/Neetu Tyagi and A. Bohra. 95. Relative bio-efficacy of different insecticides against sucking pests of guar/D.A. Dodia, B.G. Prajapati and S.B.S. Tikka. 96. Insect pest management in cowpea and clusterbean crops/S.P. Singh. 97. Screening of cowpea and clusterbean varieties against Acaudaleyrodes citri in arid regions/S.K. Verma and A. Henry. 98. Relative incidence of black weevil (Cyrtozemia cognata) in early and normal maturing varieties of clusterbean and mung bean/S.K. Verma and A. Henry. 99. Studies on bio-efficacy of synthetic and botanical insecticides against major pests of cowpea/B.G. Prajapati, D.A. Dodia and S.B.S. Tikka. 100. Evaluation of different insecticides against major pests of mung bean/B.G. Prajapati, D.A. Dodia and S.B.S. Tikka. 101. Incidence and intensity of Clavigralla scutellaris on pigeonpea varieties in Western Rajasthan/S.K. Verma and A. Henry. VI. Products development and export: 102. Guar gum export – retrospect and prospects/B.K. Mathur and A. Henry. VII. Socio-economic constraints in technology adoption: 103. ITK relating to plant protection for grain legumes in Western Rajasthan/S.K. Verma. 104. Socio-economic constraints in technology transfer of arid legumes/H.D. Yadav and Virender Kumar. 105. Socio-economic and technological constraints in legume production in arid region of Bikaner District (Rajasthan)/Preeti Nauriyal and Bharat Singh. 106. Performance of clusterbean varieties in frontline demonstration in arid regions/M.C. Bhandari, P.D. Bhagat and A. Henry. 107. Adoption and constraints of moth bean production technology in arid zone of Rajasthan/Bhagwan Singh, Raj Singh and K.N.K. Chauhan. 108. Arid legume crops – its improved practices in some arid areas of Western Rajasthan – a case study/D.K. Saha.

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