Pulses Sugar and Tuber Crops comprises reviews contributed by 47 eminent scientists from 10
countries. The chapters on common bean pea cowpea sugarcane and potato include comprehensive
reviews of voluminous research findings. Fundamental aspects and molecular results are also
presented for eight 'orphan crops' of high agroeconomic importance including mungbean lentil
chickpea lathyrus pigeonpea sweet potato cassava and yam. works on quinoa and Bambara
groundnut are reviewed for the first time.
