In recent times, food scarcity becomes the major issue of the world especially in third world countries. The sustainable agricultural boost for yield, nutrition and adaptability of major crops is the sole solution to this grim situation. Grain legumes are protien rich affordable foods and are also vital source of micronutrients. Grain legumes complement cereals for improvement of nutrition quality of starch-based diets of the very poor. The narrowing genetic base of grain legumes due to selection pressure and environmental stress over the generation limits the availability of variations for...

World is continuously facing the threat of increasing population and malnutrition. It is of urgent need to develop some innovative methods for mitigating the increasing food insecurity and malnutrition problem. Scientists throughout the world are busy in developing the most efficient and innovative methods in inducing the desirable variability in plants in overcoming these problems. The book describes the innovative approach of inducing variability in Hordeum vulgare L. The book simply describes the practical approaches of inducing desirable variations in Hordeum vulgare L. through chemical...

Anemia is the most common blood disorder, and according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, it affects more than 3 million Americans and an estimated 1.62 billion people in the world. Anemia is diagnosed as any condition in which our body does not produce enough healthy red blood cells. The condition has been discovered to date back to more than 4,000 years ago and is the most common blood disorder. Anemia is not strictly a disease, but a disorder. It is often a byproduct of other diseases that disrupt the body's ability to produce healthy red blood cells.Unfortunately, there is...