The book is written lucidly and comprehensively. It deals with all aspects of physiology of peanut and analytically describes the cellular structure, morphology, biochemistry, molecular and genomic mechanisms for improvement of genotypes traits.
The book is written lucidly and comprehensively. It deals with all aspects of physiology of peanut and analytically describes the cellular structure, morphology, biochemistry, molecular and genomic mechanisms for improvement of genotypes traits.
P. Basuchaudhuri obtained his MSc (Ag) degree in 1972 from Calcutta University, India with a first class and was awarded a gold and a silver medal. He obtained his PhD degree from the same university in 1977. He joined the faculty of Calcutta University in 1975 as a plant physiologist and worked there until 1984. In 1980 he was awarded the Premchand Roychand Scholarship. He later became a senior scientist at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). He has five books to his credit and has published 60 papers in reputed journals. He has 40 years of teaching and research experience.
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1. Introduction 2. Seed Dormancy and Germination 3. Vegetative Growth 4. Reproductive Development 5. Pod Growth and Yield 6. Plant Nutrition 7. Photosynthesis 8. Respiration 9. Nitrogen Metabolism and Biological Nitrogen Fixation 10. Lipid Metabolism 11. Plant Growth Regulators 12. Abiotic Stresses 13. Source-Sink Relationships
