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Muhammad Siddiq - Dry Beans and Pulses - 9780813823874 - V9780813823874
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Dry Beans and Pulses

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Description for Dry Beans and Pulses Hardcover. This book is an essential resource for scientists, processors, and nutritionists seeking a contemporary source of information that brings together current knowledge and practices in the value chain of dry beans production, processing, and nutrition. Editor(s): Siddiq, Muhammad; Uebersax, Mark A. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TDCT; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 181 x 24. Weight in Grams: 960.

The common beans and pulses are diverse food resources of high nutritional value (protein, energy, fiber and vitamins and minerals) with broad social acceptance. These legume crops demonstrate global adaptability, genotypic and phenotypic diversity, and multiple means of preparation and dietary use.  Beans and pulses are produced in regions as diverse as Latin America, Africa, Asia, and North America, and on a scale similar to some other crops, such as wheat, corn, rice and soybeans.

Numerous factors influence utilization, including bean type and cultivar selection, cropping environment and systems, storage conditions and handling infrastructure, processing and final product preparation.  Nutrient ... Read more

This book provides a contemporary source of information that brings together current knowledge and practices in the value chain of beans/pulses production, processing, and nutrition.  It provides in-depth coverage of a wide variety of pertinent topics including: breeding, postharvest technologies, composition, processing technologies, food safety, quality, nutrition, and significance in human health.  An experienced team of over 25 contributors from North America, Asia, and Africa has written 15 chapters, divided into three sections:

  • Overview, production and postharvest technologies of beans and pulses
  • Composition, value-added processing and quality
  • Culinology, nutrition, and significance in human health

Contributors come from a field of diverse disciplines, including crop sciences, food science and technology, food biochemistry, food engineering, nutritional sciences, and culinology. Dry Beans and Pulses Production, Processing and Nutrition is an essential resource for scientists, processors and nutritionists, whatever the work setting.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780813823874
SKU
V9780813823874
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Muhammad Siddiq
Muhammad Siddiq, Associate Professor and Mark A. Uebersax, Professor Emeritus, both of the Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition, at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Reviews for Dry Beans and Pulses
“Therefore, the book will be of interest largely to those who are interested in dry beans’ production, processing, nutrition and health aspects rather than pulses.”  (Experimental Agriculture, 1 October 2013)  

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