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The Soybean
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Thebook has been divided into six sections. The fi rst section on‘History and Importance’ includes two chapters: the fi rst on theorigin and history of soybean and the second on the role of soybeanin agriculture. The second section on ‘Botany, Genetics andPhysiology’ includes four chapters on soybean growth anddevelopment, soybean genetic resources, varietal improvement insoybean and soybean yield physiology. The ‘Production’ section,third in the series, includes six chapters on agro-techniques forsoybean production, nutrient management, water management, weedmanagement, biological nitrogen fi xation and storage of soybean.Three chapters relating to diseases, insect pests and nematodes areincluded in a ‘Protection’ section. The section on ‘Utilization’includes four chapters on soybean processing and utilization, thenutritional value of soybean, uses of soybean and vegetable soybean.The last section on ‘Marketing and Trade’ includes a fi nalchapter on global soybean marketing and trade. The chapters,therefore, address advanced and diverse topics covering almost allaspects of soybean. Each chapter has a good number of references atthe end to enable the interested reader to go to the original source.
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