Breeding and agronomy.

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The breeding and agronomy of grain legumes is discussed under the following headings: current breeding goals; breeding techniques, including pedigree breeding, bulk selection and deviations from the pedigree and bulk methods; access to genetic variation, including germplasm banks, existing variation for the carbohydrates and newly identified genetic variation (starch, raffinose family of oligosaccharides and saponins); selection methods; physical screening methods, including near-infrared spectroscopy and mid-infrared spectroscopy; some agronomic considerations of carbohydrates, including during plant growth and development, and during seed development; and European registration requirements for new varieties, including background, agronomic characters, technological characters and chemical characters.

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