%0 Book Section
%A Gowda, C L L
%A Samineni, S
%A Gaur, P M
%A Saxena, K B
%B Climate Change and Sustainable Food Security
%C Bangalore
%D 2013
%E Shetty, P K
%E Ayyappan, S
%E Swaminathan, M S
%F icrisat:7101
%I National Institute of Advanced Studies
%P 145-159
%T Enhancing the Productivity and Production of Pulses in India
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/7101/
%X Pulses are major sources of proteins among the vegetarians  in India, and complement the staple cereals in the diets with  proteins, essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals. They  contain 22-24% protein, which is almost twice the protein  in wheat and thrice that of rice. Pulses provide significant  nutritional and health benefits, and are known to reduce several  non-communicable diseases such as colon cancer and cardiovascular  diseases (Yude et al, 1993; Jukanti et al, 2012). Pulses  can be grown on range of soil and climatic conditions and play  important role in crop rotation, mixed and inter-cropping,  maintaining soil fertility through nitrogen fixation, release of  soil-bound phosphorus, and thus contribute significantly to  sustainability of the farming systems .