Table of Contents

History and Origin.- Lens Biodiversity.- Adaptation and Ecology.- Uses and Consumption.- Nutritional Value.- Global Production and World Trade.- Lentil-Based Cropping Systems.- Rhizobium Management and Nitrogen Fixation.- Nutrient and Irrigation Management.- Weed Management.- Commercial cultivation and Profitability.- Genetics and Cytogenetics of Lentil.- Mutation Breeding.- Wild Relatives And Biotechnological Approaches.- Breeding Methods and Achievements.- Varietal Adaptation, Participatory Breeding and Plant Type.- Lensomics: Advances in Genomics and molecular Techniques for Lentil Breeding and Management.- Lentil Diseases.- Abiotic Stresses.- Insect Pests of Lentil and Their Management.- Quality Seed Production.- Drying and Storing Lentils: Engineering and Entomological Aspects.- Lentil Growers and Production Systems around the World.