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List of contributors.- ONE LEGUMES.- 1 The need to increase consumption of pulses in the developing world.- 2 The nutritional value of selected Asiatic pulses: chickpea, black gram, mung bean and pigeon pea.- 3 The nutritive value of wild Mexican legumes with a potential for nutritional use.- 4 Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.).- 5 Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.).- 6 Jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis(L.) D.C.).- 7 Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.).- 8 Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.).- 9 Hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet).- 10 Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.).- 11 Lupin (Lupinus spp.).- 12 African locust bean (Parkia filicoidea Welw.).- 13 The African oil bean (Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth.).- 14 Escumite bean (Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray).- 15 Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.).- 16 Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).- 17 Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.).- 18 African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hoechst ex. A. Rich.) Harms.).- 19 Velvet bean (Mucuna spp.).- 20 Faba bean (Vicia faba L.).- 21 Moth bean (Vigna aconitifolia (Jacq.) Maréchal).- 22 Adzuki bean (Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi et Ohashi).- 23 Mung bean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek).- 24 Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.).- 25 Rice bean (Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi et Ohashi).- 26 Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.).- TWO COMPOSITAE.- 27 Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.).- 28 Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.).- THREE CUCURBITACEAE.- 29 Melon (Colocynthis citrullus L.).- 30 Fluted pumpkin (Telfaria occindentalis Hook.).- 31 Bottle gourd, buffalo gourd and other gourds.- FOUR PALMAE.- 32 Babassu (Orbigyna oleifera B.) fruit, oil and meal.- 33 Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) kernel, oil and meal.- 34 Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.).- FIVE MISCELLANEOUS OILSEEDS.- 35 Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis L.) seed, oil and meal.- 36 African breadfruit (Treculia africana Decne) and Polynesian breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis Fosberg).- 37 Castor (Ricinus communis L.) seed, oil and meal.- 38 Salseed (Shorea robusta Gaertn.) oil and meal.- SIX FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN IMPROVEMENT.- 39 Molecular approaches to improving the nutritional and functional properties of oilseeda, grains and legumes.- Author index.

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