Legumes : Their Production, Improvement and Protection

Contents: Preface. I. Crop improvement: 1. Scenario of legumes in India/V. Muralidharan. 2. Crop improvement strategies in pulses improvement/T.S. Raveendran and P. Jayamani. 3. Transgenic approach for pulses improvement/N. Nadarajan and P. Jayamani. 4. Genetic analysis for physiological traits in Mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek)/B. Sunil Kumar, S. Murugan and M. Prakash. 5. Enhancement of gamma rays mutagenicity by Ethidium Bromide and Ethyl Methane--Sulphonate in Cowpea/S. Thirugnana Kumar, S. Thirumal Raj, G. Kanagaraj, R. Balamurugan and P.A. Velusamy. 6. VRI (Gn) 6--New high yielding Spanish bunch groundnut/P.L. Viswanathan, P. Vindhiyavarman, G. Nallathambi, D. Kumaresan, A. Mothilal, S. Chidamabaram, K.N. Ragumoorthi, K. Sachithanantham, K. Subramanian, K. Manian, M. Balusamy and V. Muralidharan. 7. Heterosis for yield and yield components in Greengram (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek)/K. Saravanan, T. Sabesan and M. Prakash. 8. Combining ability and heterosis for yield and yield component characters in Greengram (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek.)/Y. Anitha Vasline and V. Suguna. 9. Interspecific hybridization in Vigna species/N. Ramamoorthi, M. Pandiyan, S.K. Ganesh and S. Jebaraj. 10. Genetic analysis for yield attributes in vegetable Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.)/R. Manivannan, K. Sekar and Mohan Andre Savery. 11. Future of pulse breeding in the Post PPV and FRA, 2001 Era/T. Sabesan. 12. Wide hybridization in Vigna species/M. Pandiyan, N. Ramamoorthi, S.K. Ganesh and S. Jebaraj. 13. Association and path analysis for earliness breeding in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp)/A. Anandan and R. Eswaran. 14. Spectrum of induced Chlorophyll mutations in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp)/G. Kanagaraj, S. Thirugnana Kumar, S. Thirumal Raj, R. Balamurugan and P.A. Velusamy. II. Crop production: 15. Pulse production technology/M. Ravichandran. 16. Legumes in sustainable cotton farming/K. Sankaranarayanan, C.S. Praharaj and N. Gopalakrishnan. 17. Effect of grain cowpea inter cropping in Castor/K. Thanunathan, K. Muthulingam, M. Thiruppathi and M. Ravichandran. 18. The response of seed enhancement techniques to mid storage correction in groundnut [Arachis hypogaea (L.)] Cv Vri 2 Kernels/G. Sathiya Narayanan, M. Prakash, J. Gokulakrishnan and B. Sunil Kumar. 19. Pattern of pea seed [Pisum sativum (L.)] Deterioration/V. Paramasivam, S. Sundareswaran, R. Vaidyanathan and D. Ananda Nayaki. 20. Effect of integrated nutrient management on the performance of Dolichos Lablab Var. Typicus in Lignite mine spoil/P. Karuppaiah and K. Manivannan. 21. Chemical impregnation treatment for Greengram (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek)/J. Gnanasekaran, S. Padmavathi, G. Sathiyanarayanan and M. Prakash. 22. Influence of Mother crop nutrition on seed yield and quality of Blackgram [Vigna ungiculata (L.)]/V. Manonmani and P. Srimathi. 23. Studies on the production potentiality of Blackgram varieties under rice fallow condition/R. Shobana, P. Thangavel and V. Imayavaramban. 24. Effect of different levels of Phosphorus and potassium on growth, flowering and yield of vegetable cowpea Cv Tux. 944/S. Anuja, K. Ilavarasi and S. Archana. III. Physiological bio-chemical and bio-technological advances: 25. Studies on the management of differentially aged seed and their progenies in Cowpea (Vigna sinensis (L.) Savi) Cv. Co 6 by Foliar spray of nutrients and hormones/K. Sasikala. 26. Studies on the effective role of biofertilizers on the germination, growth and yield of Greengram [Vigna radiata (L.)]/S. Rajasekaran, P. Sundaramoorthy, K. Sankar Ganesh, K. Sumathi and I. Baskaran. 27. Physiological aspects of grain yield in Soybean/H. Vijayaraghavan, S. Vincent and K. Balakrishnan. 28. Physiological constraints in productivity of grain legumes/K. Balakrishnan, R. Balasubramanian and H. Vijayaraghavan. 29. Studies on the Effect of 28-Homobrassi-nolide on biochemical parameters and yield of groundnut Cv. Vri. 2/M. Prakash, S. Suganthi, J. Gokulakrishnan, B. Sunil Kumar and T. Sabesan. 30. Groundnut research on drought tolerance on WUE at NRCG: From breeding to farmer's field/P.C. Nautiyal, M.S. Basu, R.K. Mathur, Rukam Singh and T. Radhakrishnan. 31. Field screening of Greengram [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] Genotypes to drought tolerance/S. Vincent, H. Vijayaragavan and K. Balakrishnan. 32. Screening of Guar genotypes for drought tolerance traits under simulated moisture stress conditions/A. Chakraborty, P. Sudhakar, A. Siva Sankar, P. Latha and B.G. Singh. 33. Effect of bio-regulators on the yield of Greengram/K. Ananthi, Mallika Vanagamudi, M. Gomathy, K. Krishna Surendar, S. Srimathi and T. Sivashankaridevi. 34. A step-wise protocol for standardization of In-Vitro pollen germination medium for Pigeonpea and its wild species/P. Jayaprakash. IV. Crop protection: 35. Effect of age of plants and standardisation of Inoculum level of Macrophomina phaseolina causing root rot of Blackgram/C. Rettinassababady and C. Issac Sunil. 36. Field screening of Cowpea accessions for resistance against selected insect pests/Sajad Hussain Mir and V. Selvanarayanan. 37. Study on efficacy of neem based products against pulse beetle during storage of Mung Bean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) Seeds/T. Ramanadane, K. Paramasivam and C. Rettinassababady. 38. Management of root rot of Vigna Mungo L. using biocontrol agents multiplied in vermicompost/T. Saravanan, R. Ramamoorthy and K. Subbiah. V. Policies and programmes: 39. Legume sector in India: an analysis of issues, potentials and strategies/D. Suresh Kumar, S. Gurunathan and M. Chandrasekaran. 40. Recent trends in pulses in Tamil Nadu--an overview/A. Subramanian and S. Murugan. 41. Problems faced by women agricultural labourers in groundnut farming operations/P. Bharathiraja and Santha Govind. 

"Legumes are a large, diverse family ranging from herbaceous annuals to woody perennials that, because of their capacity to fix nitrogen, are essential components in natural and managed terrestrial ecosystems. Legumes have been domesticated for the production of food, feed, forage, fiber, industrial and medicinal compounds, flowers and other end uses. The book covers a wide-ranging survey of all the major legumes from their evolution to their potential for further development and improvement as economically important food crops. This book will serve as a suitable study and reference material for students and researchers."