Efficient and sustainable production of faba bean

Bob Redden, Xuxiao Zong, Robert Norton, Frederick L. Stoddard, Fouad Maalouf, Seid Ahmed Kemal, Mustapha El Bouhssini, Tao Yang, Rong Liu, Ling Li. (15/1/2018). Efficient and sustainable production of faba bean, in "Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 2: Improving cultivation of particular grain legumes". United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing.

Abstract

Faba bean is mainly grown under rain-fed conditions, although irrigated production is important in Egypt, parts of China and Central Asia. China is the leading producer with a wide range of intensive rotation and inter-crop holistic cropping systems. The main focus of this chapter is faba bean cultivation under rain-fed growing conditions. We cover faba bean production in China and in West Asia, North and East Africa Regions, including discussion of the diseases, weeds and pests affecting this crop. We also review faba bean breeding, genetic resources and markers for breeding, water deficit management, tillage systems, biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) and mineral nutrient requirements.