Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops, 2007 Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants Series, Vol. 3

Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops comprises reviews contributed by 47 eminent scientists from 10 countries. The chapters on common bean, pea, cowpea, sugarcane and potato include comprehensive reviews of voluminous research findings. Fundamental aspects and molecular results are also presented for eight ?orphan crops? of high agroeconomic importance including mungbean, lentil, chickpea, lathyrus, pigeonpea, sweet potato, cassava and yam. works on quinoa and Bambara groundnut are reviewed for the first time.

The huge amount of information hitherto dispersed in journals is now available in a clearly structured reference work

This herculean work will be useful for generations to come, Guenter Blobel says of the project

An invaluable work that will promote further genomic research

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras