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Article: Insect Pests of Tropical Food Legumes.
- Article from:
- Food Trade Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 1990
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1990 Food Trade Press Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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INSECT PESTS of TROPICAL FOOD LEGUMES.
Edited by S R Singh. (UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd).
This book sets out what is known about insect damage, and indeed insect management, for a group of crops that look to be very valuable for feeding the populations of developing countries. Dr Singh and colleagues from other scientific centres have created this text with the aid of nearly twenty other contributors. As readers will know, legumes contain important proteins that can complement those found in cereals in creating a more balanced diet. Growing legumes also has an important side effect - the fixation of nitrogen in the soil.
Compared with cereal crops, ...