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Lupins as Crop Plants : Biology, Production and Utilization, Hardback Book

Lupins as Crop Plants : Biology, Production and Utilization Hardback

Edited by John (formerly of Department of Agronomy, University of Western Australia and Western Au Gladstones, C. (Department of Botany, University of Western Australia, Australia) Atkins, John (CLIMA (Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture), University of Western Austra Hamblin

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Lupins have until recently remained wild or semi-domesticated species of minor interest to agriculture, although their value as a rotation crop was noted 2,000 years ago.

However, with the advent of the science of genetics in the early twentieth century, full domestication of Lupinus species for use as crops was begun, by the combination of favourable genes such as those for low alkaloid content, non-shattering pods and soft seeds.

As a result several lupin species have become an important part of temperate farming systems as a high protein crop for both animal and human consumption.

This book gives an authoritative account of the history, distribution and taxonomy of Lupinus species and the current knowledge of all aspects of their agronomy and impact on agriculture, including breeding, genetics and biotechnology, nutrition, nitrogen fixation, transport physiology, toxins, stress responses, pests and diseases, agronomy and farming systems, composition and food uses, economic value and trade.

Contributions are made by researchers in Australia and Europe who have had key roles in lupin research.

The book is essential reading for botanists, agronomists, plant breeders and geneticists involved with lupins and other grain legumes or with an interest in crop domestication and evolution.

It also provides important information for lecturers and students of agriculture and for professionals in the livestock and food industries.

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