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The legumes crops : moth bean, clusterbean, horse gram, and cow pea are generally grown in fragile lands of Arid regions of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The research work for improvement of these crops is continuing by the concerned states since 1950. In the 1977 the first workshop for clusterbean was organized at CAZRI, Jodhpur, after some years in 1992 the same was called as All India Coordinated Research Project on Arid Legumes.
Accordingly the arid legume workers met under the banner of First National Symposium on 15-16th May, 2002 at CCS, HAU, Hisar entitled Advances in Arid Legumes Research and Development. These papers were presented on all key issues of research : extention, trade marketing, export and other development activities which have been brought – up in the form of proceedings in divided into seven themes –
The present compilation on ``Advances in Arid Legumes Research’’ would be useful to those engaged in cause of Arid Legumes improvement in India.
Themes — Genetic Improvement and Genetic Resources/ Crop production and cropping systems / Quality improvement and value addition/ Management of abiotic stresses / Integrated plant protection measures / Products development and export / Socio – economic constraints in technology adoption ISBN - 9788172333420
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Pages : 523
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