Soybeans: VOL 1: History, Breeding, and Product Profile [Hardcover]

Foreword by Dr. Viswanathan Chinnusamy Preface PART I: HISTORY, TAXONOMY, GENETICS, DISTRIBUTION, AND ECONOMICAL IMPORTANCE 1. History and Genetic Diversity of Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] 2. Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Cultivated Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] 3. Distribution, Cultivation, and Economic Importance of Soybean PART II: BREEDING, SEED SYSTEM, AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 4. History of Soybean Breeding 5. Soybean: Breeding Challenges and Perspective 6. Soybean Breeding Methods and Techniques: Conventional and Modern 7. Product Profile, Breeding Objectives, and Production of New Varieties: An Integrated Approach to Soybean Breeding 8. Heterosis and Hybrid Breeding Strategies in Soybean 9. Commercial Seed Production of Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] and Its Marketing PART III: SOYPRODUCTS 10. Food Products Obtained from Soybean 11. Commercial Importance of Value Addition in Soybean PART IV: PRODUCT PROFILES OF SOYBEAN 12. Soybean as an Industrial and Household Crop 13. Soybean for Food and Nutrition Security 14. Integral Crop for Intensifying Cropping Systems

Provides comprehensive coverage of many aspects of soybean, its utilities, vulnerabilities, and most recent discoveries. Emphasizes aspects of taxonomy, domestication of soybean, and its evolution, and more.

This new two-volume set provides comprehensive coverage of soybeanits uses, vulnerabilities, and most recent discoveries, providing a holistic approach that covers a wide range of areas for soybean crop improvement.

The first volume emphasizes aspects of taxonomy, domestication of soybean, and its evolution. Comprised of four sections, it covers the history, taxonomy, distribution, and economic importance of soybeans. It also discusses soybean breeding, seed systems, product development as well as product profiles of soybean. Volume 2 looks at the current trlÓÛ