Peas and Beans
This practical book provides an accessible overview of all aspects of pea and bean production, including botany and physiology, breeding, agronomy, weed management, pests and diseases, harvesting, nutritional value and uses. It also reflects on the constraints and opportunities in the future for peas and beans, exploring their role in food sustainability and crop rotation, and various factors affecting supply and demand such as climate change and breeding technologies. Peas and beans are crops of economic, social and agronomic importance and this volume provides the specialist knowledge needed to ensure good quality standards are met. It includes: · coverage of the main types of peas and beans grown on a significant scale or commercially produced in large area farming;· key information relating to the role of peas and beans in biological nitrogen fixation;· extensive coverage from the technology of cultivation to postharvest industry; and· high-quality photos, presented in full colour throughout. Authored by a recognized authority with extensive experience in applied research, this book is an ideal resource for practical agronomists, advisors and producers, extension workers, horticulture students and all those involved in the production of peas and beans.
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Peas and Beans
This practical book provides an accessible overview of all aspects of pea and bean production, including botany and physiology, breeding, agronomy, weed management, pests and diseases, harvesting, nutritional value and uses. It also reflects on the constraints and opportunities in the future for peas and beans, exploring their role in food sustainability and crop rotation, and various factors affecting supply and demand such as climate change and breeding technologies. Peas and beans are crops of economic, social and agronomic importance and this volume provides the specialist knowledge needed to ensure good quality standards are met. It includes: · coverage of the main types of peas and beans grown on a significant scale or commercially produced in large area farming;· key information relating to the role of peas and beans in biological nitrogen fixation;· extensive coverage from the technology of cultivation to postharvest industry; and· high-quality photos, presented in full colour throughout. Authored by a recognized authority with extensive experience in applied research, this book is an ideal resource for practical agronomists, advisors and producers, extension workers, horticulture students and all those involved in the production of peas and beans.
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Peas and Beans

Peas and Beans

by Anthony Biddle
Peas and Beans

Peas and Beans

by Anthony Biddle

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This practical book provides an accessible overview of all aspects of pea and bean production, including botany and physiology, breeding, agronomy, weed management, pests and diseases, harvesting, nutritional value and uses. It also reflects on the constraints and opportunities in the future for peas and beans, exploring their role in food sustainability and crop rotation, and various factors affecting supply and demand such as climate change and breeding technologies. Peas and beans are crops of economic, social and agronomic importance and this volume provides the specialist knowledge needed to ensure good quality standards are met. It includes: · coverage of the main types of peas and beans grown on a significant scale or commercially produced in large area farming;· key information relating to the role of peas and beans in biological nitrogen fixation;· extensive coverage from the technology of cultivation to postharvest industry; and· high-quality photos, presented in full colour throughout. Authored by a recognized authority with extensive experience in applied research, this book is an ideal resource for practical agronomists, advisors and producers, extension workers, horticulture students and all those involved in the production of peas and beans.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781780640914
Publisher: CABI
Publication date: 09/22/2017
Series: Crop Production Science in Horticulture , #27
Pages: 190
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Anthony Biddle was formerly with the Processors and Growers Research Organisation, UK.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Peas and Beans
2. Botany and Physiology
3. Pea and Bean Breeding
4. Agronomy of Peas and Beans
5. Management of Weeds
6. Management of Pests and Diseases
7. Harvesting, Nutritional Value and Uses
8. The Future for Peas and Beans
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