Crops that feed the world 3. Investing in lentil improvement toward a food secure world

Food Security

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-139

  Erskine, William ^a   Sarker, Ashutosh ^b   Kumar, Shiv ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Food legume; Lens; Lentil; Productivity; Pulse

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRONOMY; CEREAL; CROP ROTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PRODUCTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LEGUME; LOW INCOME HOUSING; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLICY MAKING; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH WORK; SEED; SOIL FERTILITY;

ASIA;

APHIDIDAE; LENS CULINARIS;

EID: 79958036376     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-011-0124-5     Document Type: Article

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