Dry Bean Breeding and Production Technologies

Dry Beans and Pulses Production, Processing and Nutrition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 23-54

  Kelly, James D ^a   Cichy, Karen A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beans quality (raw and cooked); Breeding; Dry beans; Genetic engineering; Germplasm; Species barriers; Varietal traits; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887248154     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118448298.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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