Role of pulses in the food and nutritional security in India 124 Assessment of heritable components in chickpea Cicer arietinum L. 134 Genetic variability and character association for yield and its components in black gram 137 Effect of zinc, molybdenum

14. Beneficial traits of endophytic bacteria from field pea nodules and plant growth promotion of field pea 73 S. Narula, R.C. Anand and S.S. Dudeja

15. Effect of temperature-tolerant rhizobial isolates as PGPR on nodulation, growth and yield of 80

Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan L Milsp.] Simranjit Kaur and Veena Khanna

16. Phenotypic characterization of rhizobacteria associated with mungbean rhizosphere 84

Navprabhjot Kaur and Poonam Sharma

17. Root morphology and architecture CRIDA indigenous root chamber-pin board method of two 90

morphologically contrasting genotypes of mungbean under varied water conditions V. Maruthi, K. Srinivas, K.S. Reddy, B.M.Kk. Reddy, B.M.K. Raju, M. Purushotham Reddy, D.G.M. Saroja and K. Surender Rao

18. Selection parameters for pigeonpea Cajanus cajan L. Millsp. genotypes at early growth stages

97 against soil moisture stress Anuj Kumar Singh, J.P. Srivastava, R.M. Singh, M.N. Singh and Manoj Kumar

19. Optimization of extrusion process variables for development of pulse-carrot pomace 103

incorporated rice based snacks Md. Shafiq Alam, Baljit Singh, Harjot Khaira, Jasmeen Kaur and Sunil Kumar Singh 20. Area expansion under improved varieties of lentil through participatory seed production programme 115 in Ballia District of Uttar Pradesh S. K. Singh, Riyajuddeen, Vinay Shankar Ojha and Sanjay Yadav

21. Performance of chickpea in varied conditions of Uttar Pradesh 120

Lakhan Singh and A.K. Singh

22. Role of pulses in the food and nutritional security in India 124

Shalendra, K. C. Gummagolmath, Purushottam Sharma and S. M. Patil SHORT COMMUNICATIONS 23. Genetic variability and character association analysis in french bean Phaseolus vulgaris L. 130 Anand Singh and Dhirendra Kumar Singh

24. Assessment of heritable components in chickpea Cicer arietinum L. 134

Sudhanshu Jain, S. C. Srivastava, Y. M. Indapurkar and H.S. Yadava

25. Genetic variability and character association for yield and its components in black gram 137

Vigna mungo L. Hepper A. Narasimhan, B. R. Patil and B. M. Khadi 26. Studies on genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance in chickpea Cicer arietinum L. 139 Shweta, A.K. Yadav and R.K. Yadav

27. Effect of zinc, molybdenum and Rhizobium on yield and nutrient uptake in summer 141

urdbean Vigna mungo L. Khalil Khan and Ved Prakash

28. Effect of seed dressers against root rot of cowpea 145

D. B. Patel, S. M. Chaudhari, R.G. Parmar and Y. Ravindrababu

29. Development of tempeh a value added product from soyabeans and other underutilised 147

cerealsmillets using Rhizophus Oryzae PGJ-1 G. Gayathry, K. Jothilakshmi, G. Sindumathi and S. Parvathi List of Referees for Vol. 26 3 4 i Journal of Food Legumes 0970-6380 Online ISSN 0976-2434 Volume 26 Number 3 4 September - December 2013 Contents I SPRD 1987 Published by Secretary on behalf of The Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development from Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur-208 024 E-mail: secretary.isprdgmail.com at Army Printing Press, 33, Nehru Road, Sadar Cantt. Lucknow-2 Ph.: 0522-2481164 www.isprd.in RESEARCH PAPERS 1. Heavy metal toxicity to food legumes: effects, antioxidative defense and tolerance mechanisms 1 Navneet Kaur and Harsh Nayyar

2. Assessment of genetic diversity at molecular level in mungbean Vigna radiata L. Wilczek 19