summarize knowledge about useful plants for workers in education, research, extension and industry. The following institutions are reponsible for the coordination of the Prosea Programme and the handbook: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM), Karung Berkunci 201, Jalan FRI Kepong, 52109 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Widya Graha, Jalan Gatot Subroto 10, J akar ta 12710, Indonesia Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), Nghia Do, Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam Papua New Guinea University of Technology (UNITECH), Private Mail Bag, Lae, Papua New Guinea Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research & Development (PCARRD), Los Bahos, Laguna, the Philippines Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR), 196 Phahonyothin Road, Bank Khen, Bangkok 10900, Thailand Wageningen Agricultural University (WAU), Costerweg 50, 6701 BH Wageningen, the Netherlands

Plant Resources of South-East Asia

Economically, legumes (Fabaceae) represent the second most important family of crop plants after the grass family, Poaceae. Grain legumes account for 27% of world crop production and provide 33% of the dietary protein consumed by humans, while pasture and forage legumes provide vital part of animal feed. Fabaceae, the third largest family of flowering plants, has traditionally been divided into the following three subfamilies: Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae, and Papilionoideae, all together with 800 genera and 20,000 species. The latter subfamily contains most of the major cultivated food and feed crops. Among the grain legumes are some of mankind's earliest crop plants, whose domestication parallelled that of cereals: Soybean in China; faba bean, lentil, chickpea and pea in the Fertile Crescent of the Near East; cowpeas and bambara groundnut in Africa; soybean and mungbeans in East Asia; pigeonpea and the grams in South Asia; and common bean, lima bean, scarlet runner bean, tepary bean and lupin in Central and South America. The importance of legumes is evidenced by their high representation in ex situ germplasm collections, with more than 1,000,000 accessions worldwide. A detailed knowledge of the phylogenetic relationships of the Fabaceae is essential for understanding the origin and diversification of this economically and ecologically important family of angiosperms. This review aims to combine the phylogenetic and genetic diversity approaches to better illustrate the origin, domestication history and preserved germplasm of major legume crops from 13 genera of six tribes and to indicate further potential both for science and agriculture.

/pdf/legume-crops-phylogeny-and-genetic-diversity-for-science-and-1lvkdujjsr.pdf

Legume Crops Phylogeny and Genetic Diversity for Science and Breeding

S & BIBLIOGRAPHIES Bibliography of Agriculture Biological Abstracts Botany Subject Index (U. S. Dept. of Agriculture) Chemical Abstracts Craker, L. E., A. F. Chadwick, & J. E. Simon. 1986. An introduction to the scientific literature on herbs, spices, and medicinal plants. Recent Adv. Bot. Hort. Pharm. 1: 1-9. Excerpta Botanica Index Medicus Index to American Botanical Literature Simon, J. E., A. F. Chadwick, & L. E. Craker. 1984. Herbs: an indexed bibliography, 1971-1980: the scientific literature on selected herbs, and aromatic and medicinal plants of the temperate zone. Shoe String Press. 770 pp.

/pdf/plants-civilization-an-introduction-to-the-14uti69gm1.pdf

Plants & Civilization; An Introduction to the Interrelationships of Plants and People

Note: This file contains all of the information as published in Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and S. H. Sohmer. 1999. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai`i, revised edition with supplement by Wagner, W. L. and D. R. Herbst, pp. 1855-1918. University of Hawaii Press, 1919 pp. in 2 volumes. (Bishop Museum Special Publication 97). The formatting and pagination are different. Also corrections and additions have been made to update the changes through November 2003.

Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, Vols. 1 and 2.

Preface. Acronyms and Abbreviations. Figures, Plates, Tables and Appendices. 1. The Genetic Resources of Plants and Their Value to Mankind. 2. Evolution of Plants Under Domestication. 3. The Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Movement. 4. Preparing to Collect for ex situ Conservation. 5. Exploration and Field Collection. 6. Seed Gene Bank Conservation. 7. Field Gene Banks, Botanic Gardens in vitro, DNA and Pollen Conservation. 8. World ex situ Collections of Germplasm. 9. Community-Based Conservation. 10. Plant Genetic Resource Utilization. 11. Genetic Conservation Information Management. 12. Conservation Case Studies. 13. The Future of ex situ Conservation. References. Appendices. Index.

The Ex Situ Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources

/pdf/fruits-and-seeds-of-genera-in-the-subfamily-faboideae-7dpst0i9b8.pdf

Fruits and Seeds of Genera in the Subfamily Faboideae (Fabaceae)

Atlas of Seeds@@@Atlas of Seeds. Part 2: Cyperaceae

Legume (Fabaceae) nomen clature in the USDA germplasm system , Legume (Fabaceae) nomen clature in the USDA germplasm system , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی

Charles R. Gunn

Papers

Fruits and Seeds of Genera in the Subfamily Faboideae (Fabaceae)

Atlas of Seeds@@@Atlas of Seeds. Part 2: Cyperaceae

Legume (Fabaceae) nomenclature in the USDA germplasm system

Androecium and pistil characters for tribe Vicieae (Fabaceae)

Families and genera of spermatophytes recognized by the Agricultural Research Service