Abstract
The soybean has been a traditional crop for millenia in China and adjoining areas of East and Southeast Asia. The crop has been grown for centuries in the foothills of the Himalayas, but only recently has it assumed prominence in India. In view of the emergence of soybeans as a commercial crop and its importance as a source of edible oil and protein for food and feed, many countries have become interested in establishing their own production industries. Early-maturing soybean cultivars are grown in this area during the monsoonal wet and dry seasons in upland and lowland areas. In the northern plain, a major wheat producing area, soybean is grown in summer after winter wheat. In the northern plains of India, soybean has replaced maize and sorghum and is grown as a sole crop or intercropped with pigeon pea, cotton, sugarcane, sunflower and maize.
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