Meet the editor

Dr. Mohamed Ahmed El-Esawi is a visiting research fellow at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and an associate professor of molecular genetics at the Botany Department of Tanta University in Egypt. Dr. El-Esawi received his BSc and MSc from Tanta University, and his PhD degree in Plant Genetics and Molecular Biology from Dublin Institute of Technology, Technological University Dublin in Ireland. Afterwards, Dr. El-Esawi

joined the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, University of Sorbonne (Paris VI) in France, and University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium as a visiting research fellow. His research focuses on plant genetics, genomics, molecular biology, molecular physiology, developmental biology, plant–microbe interaction, and bioinformatics. He has authored several international journal articles and book chapters, and participated in more than 60 conferences and workshops worldwide. Dr. El-Esawi has several awards and is currently involved in several research projects on biological sciences.

Contents

*by Mohamed A. El-Esawi*

and Cooked Forms

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 7**

**Chapter 3 23**

**Chapter 4 29**

**Chapter 5 49**

**Chapter 6 67**

**Chapter 7 81** Influence of Adjuvants on Efficacy of Postemergence Herbicides Commonly

The Productivity of Selected Species and Cultivars of Legumes Grown for

Introductory Chapter: Characterization and Improvement of Legume Crops

Novel Therapeutic Uses of Legume Crops in Southern South America *by Renée Hersilia Fortunato, Virginia Fuentes Baluzzi, Fernando De Diego,* 

Starch Granules from Cowpea, Black, and Carioca Beans in Raw

Mungbean (*Vigna radiata* L. Wilczek): Retrospect and Prospects *by Suhel Mehandi, Syed Mohd. Quatadah, Sudhakar Prasad Mishra,* 

*by William James Grichar, Peter A. Dotray and Mark A. Matocha*

*by Joyce Aparecida Tavares de Miranda, Lucia Maria Jaeger de Carvalho,* 

*André Luiz de Alcântara Guimarães and Ana Cláudia de Macêdo Vieira*

*Rodrigo T. Biagioni and Alejandro Daniel Esquivel*

*by Faisal Hussain and Farzana Usman*

Seeds in Organic Production System *by Księżak Jerzy and Bojarszczuk Jolanta*

Used in Peanut (*Arachis hypogaea* L.)

Ethnomedicinal Values of Legume Plants in Pakistan

*Izabela Miranda de Castro, José Luiz Viana de Carvalho,* 

*Indra Prakash Singh, Nagmi Praveen and Namrata Dwivedi*
