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Enhancing the Productivity and Production of Pulses in India

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Title Enhancing the Productivity and Production of Pulses in India
 
Creator Gowda, C L L
Samineni, S
Gaur, P M
Saxena, K B
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description Pulses are major sources of proteins among the vegetarians
in India, and complement the staple cereals in the diets with
proteins, essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals. They
contain 22-24% protein, which is almost twice the protein
in wheat and thrice that of rice. Pulses provide significant
nutritional and health benefits, and are known to reduce several
non-communicable diseases such as colon cancer and cardiovascular
diseases (Yude et al, 1993; Jukanti et al, 2012). Pulses
can be grown on range of soil and climatic conditions and play
important role in crop rotation, mixed and inter-cropping,
maintaining soil fertility through nitrogen fixation, release of
soil-bound phosphorus, and thus contribute significantly to
sustainability of the farming systems .
 
Publisher National Institute of Advanced Studies
 
Contributor Shetty, P K
Ayyappan, S
Swaminathan, M S
 
Date 2013
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/7101/1/EnhancingTheProductivity-2013.pdf
Gowda, C L L and Samineni, S and Gaur, P M and Saxena, K B (2013) Enhancing the Productivity and Production of Pulses in India. In: Climate Change and Sustainable Food Security. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, pp. 145-159. ISBN 978-81-87663-76-8