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elerated Plant Breeding, Volume 3 Food Legumes

Accelerated Plant Breeding, Volume 3

Satbir Singh Gosal  •  Shabir Hussain Wani Editors

Accelerated Plant Breeding, Volume 3 Food Legumes

Editors Satbir Singh Gosal Former Director of Research Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Shabir Hussain Wani Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops SKUAST-Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu Kashmir, India

ISBN 978-3-030-47305-1    ISBN 978-3-030-47306-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47306-8 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Professor Neil Clifford Turner

Prof. Neil C. Turner is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia and Visiting Professor at Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, and the North West Agricultural and Forestry University, Yangling, China. Born in Preston in the United Kingdom, he was educated at Balshaw’s Grammar School, Leyland, UK, 1951–1958, was awarded a BSc in Agricultural Science from Reading University, Reading, UK, in 1962, a PhD in Agronomy from Adelaide University, Adelaide, Australia in 1968, and a DSc in Agriculture from Reading University in 1983.

Prof. Turner’s research career began at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, where he was an Assistant Plant Physiologist from 1967 to 1974. In 1974 he joined CSIRO Plant Industry in Canberra, Australia, as a Senior Research Scientist and remained with CSIRO for 31 years until retirement in 2005. In 1984, Prof. Turner was appointed Research Leader of the newly-established CSIRO Dryland Crops and Soils Research Unit in Perth, Australia, and remained with CSIRO in Perth as a Chief Research Scienti