Academic Press Advances in Legumes for Sustainable Intensification

Advances in Legume-based Agroecoystem for Sustainable Intensification explores current research and future strategies for ensuring capacity growth and socioeconomic improvement through the utilization of legume crop cultivation and production in the achievement of sustainability development goals (SDGs). Sections cover the role of legumes in addressing issues of food security, improving nitrogen in the environment, environmental sustainability, economic-environmentally optimized systems, the importance and impact of nitrogen, organic production, and biomass potential, legume production, biology, breeding improvement, cropping systems, and the use of legumes for eco-friendly weed management. This book is an important resource for scientists, researchers and advanced students interested in championing the effective utilization of legumes for agronomic and ecological benefit. Review Explores the latest developments and advancements in using legumes for agricultural benefit and natural resource management From the Back Cover <p><i>Advances in Legume-based Agroecoystem for Sustainable Intensification</i> explores current research and future strategies for ensuring capacity growth and socio-economic improvement through the utilization of legume crop cultivation and production in the achievement of Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs).</p> <p>Beginning with foundational insights into the importance of legumes in health and wealth establishment and improvement, the book includes the role of legumes in addressing issues of food security, improving nitrogen in the environment, and their importance in a diversified diet. In the second section of the book issues of environmental sustainability are addressed. The chapters in this section explore economic-environmentally optimized systems, importance and impact of nitrogen, organic production, and biomass potential. The third section focuses on the role of legume production by addressing legume biology, breeding improvement, cropping systems and use of legumes for eco-friendly weed management. The final section focuses on the genetic challenges and improvements of breeding legumes to address nutrition and quantitative needs.</p> <p><i>Advances in Legume-based Agroecoystem for Sustainable</i> Intensification is an important resource for scientists, researchers and advances students interested in advancing the effective utilization of legumes for agronomic and ecological benefit.</p> About the Author Dr. Ram Swaroop Meena is an Agronomist working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India. Dr. Meena has been awarded Raman Research Fellowship by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. He has completed his postdoctoral research on soil carbon sequestration under Padma Shri Prof. Rattan Lal, World Food Prize Laureate, Columbus, USA. Dr. Meena has published more than 110 international research and review papers in peer-reviewed reputed journals, and have H-index 46 and citation over 6,000 with total impact factor is 241.35. He has published 4 books at the national level and another 19 books (Springer, Elsevier, etc.) at the international level, and contributed to the books with 15 chapters at national and 60 at the international levels. Dr. Sandeep Kumar is currently working as a scientist (Agronomy) at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Regional Station, Karnal, India. His research interests have focused on enhancing resource use efficiencies for sustainable crop production. He has published 6 books and over 35 papers in leading national and international peer-reviewed journals and has also contributed to more than 25 book chapters. He has received numerous national awards, including Young Scientist, Best Paper Awards, Best Research Scholar, and Best Master’s Thesis awards.