Author: Kristin Bilyeu
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439844666
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The soybean is an economically important leguminous seed crop for feed and food products that is rich in seed protein (about 40 percent) and oil (about 20 percent); it enriches the soil by fixing nitrogen in symbiosis with bacteria. Soybean was domesticated in northeastern China about 2500 BC and subsequently spread to other countries. The enormous