Lupins as Crop Plants: Biology, Production and Utilization

by C Atkins, John Hamblin, J S Gladstones

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 20th century, full domestication of Lupinus species for use as crops was begun, by the combination of favorable genes such as those for low alkaloid content, non-shattering pods and soft seeds. As a result several lupin...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851992242
• ISBN13: 9780851992242
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Cabi
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.9" x 9.8"