Drought stress in grain legumes: Effects, tolerance mechanisms and management

M Khatun, S Sarkar, FM Era, AKMM Islam, MP Anwar… - Agronomy, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Grain legumes are important sources of proteins, essential micronutrients and vitamins and
for human nutrition. Climate change, including drought, is a severe threat to grain legume …

Genomic interventions for sustainable agriculture

A Bohra, U Chand Jha, ID Godwin… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural production faces a Herculean challenge to feed the increasing global
population. Food production systems need to deliver more with finite land and water …

Genetic dissection of drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

RK Varshney, M Thudi, SN Nayak, PM Gaur… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2014‏ - Springer
Key message Analysis of phenotypic data for 20 drought tolerance traits in 1–7 seasons at 1–
5 locations together with genetic map** data for two map** populations provided 9 QTL …

Global synthesis of drought effects on food legume production

S Daryanto, L Wang, PA Jacinthe - PloS one, 2015‏ - journals.plos.org
Food legume crops play important roles in conservation farming systems and contribute to
food security in the develo** world. However, in many regions of the world, their …

Genetic diversity of root system architecture in response to drought stress in grain legumes

H Ye, M Roorkiwal, B Valliyodan, L Zhou… - Journal of …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Climate change has increased the occurrence of extreme weather patterns globally, causing
significant reductions in crop production, and hence threatening food security. In order to …

Genomic tools in cowpea breeding programs: status and perspectives

O Boukar, CA Fatokun, BL Huynh, PA Roberts… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016‏ - frontiersin.org
Cowpea is one of the most important grain legumes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It provides
strong support to the livelihood of small-scale farmers through its contributions to their …

Breeding annual grain legumes for sustainable agriculture: new methods to approach complex traits and target new cultivar ideotypes

G Duc, H Agrama, S Bao, J Berger… - Critical reviews in …, 2015‏ - Taylor & Francis
Although yield and total biomass produced by annual legumes remain major objectives for
breeders, other issues such as environment-friendly, resource use efficiency including …

Determinants of agricultural technology adoption under partial population awareness: the case of pigeonpea in Malawi

F Simtowe, S Asfaw, T Abate - Agricultural and Food Economics, 2016‏ - Springer
There is exhaustive literature on technology adoption rates and the relationship between
technology adoption and relevant socioeconomic and policy variables. Yet adoption …

In search of alternative proteins: unlocking the potential of underutilized tropical legumes

A Cheng, MN Raai, NAM Zain, F Massawe, A Singh… - Food Security, 2019‏ - Springer
Protein is one of the essential nutrients required for almost every task of a human's cellular
life. Severe protein malnutrition, which can cause a fatal outcome, is the leading cause of …

Accelerating genetic gains in legumes for the development of prosperous smallholder agriculture: integrating genomics, phenoty**, systems modelling and …

RK Varshney, M Thudi, MK Pandey… - Journal of …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Grain legumes form an important component of the human diet, provide feed for livestock,
and replenish soil fertility through biological nitrogen fixation. Globally, the demand for food …