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Author:   G. Hawtin ,  Colin Webb
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1982 ed.
Volume:   6
Weight:   0.880kg
ISBN:  

9789024725939

ISBN 10:   9024725933
Pages:   406
Publication Date:   31 December 1982
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Genetic resources of faba beans.- 2. The genetic improvement of faba bean.- 3. Pollination studies on faba beans.- 4. The devolopment and performance of synthetic varieties of Vicia Faba L..- 5. Male sterility in Vicia Faba.- 6. Population improvement in faba beans.- 7. Need, concept and breeding strategy for wider adaptability in Vicia Faba.- 8. Mutation breeding in faba beans.- 9. Interspecific hybridization in vicia.- 10. Faba bean agronomy in Egypt.- 11. Faba bean agronomy in the Sudan.- 12. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in faba beans.- 13. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in faba beans in Sudan.- 14. Physiological aspects of adaption.- 15. Utilising alternative models in Vicia Faba L..- 16 The effects of water stress on the growth, development and yield of Vicia Faba L..- 17. Flower and pod drop.- 18. Tolerance to salinity.- 19. Weed and Orobanche control in Egypt.- 20. Breeding for resistance to Orobanche.- 21. Characteristics of a local faba bean collection and its reaction to Orobanche.- 22. Major disease problems of faba beans in Egypt.- 23. Major disease problems of faba beans in Sudan.- 24. Virus diseases of faba beans.- 25. Screening for resistance to chocolate spot caused by Botrytis Fabae.- 26. Breeding for resistance to faba bean rust.- 27. Factors affecting resistance to root rot and wilt diseases.- 28. Faba bean pests in Egypt.- 29. Major pests of faba beans in Sudan.- 30. Breeding for resistance to aphids.- 31. How yield stability can influence farmers’ decisions to adopt new technologies: the case of faba bean production in Egypt.- 32. The role of faba beans in the Egyptian diet.- 33. Faba beans and their role in diets in Sudan.- 34. Protein quantity and quality in Vicia Faba.- 35. Antinutritional factors in faba beans.- 36. Favism.- 37. Cooking qualityof faba beans.- 38. Hard seeds in faba bean.- 39. The Egyptian national program.- 40. The Sudanese national program.

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