Legumes are an excellent source of proteins and health‐promoting phytochemicals.
Recognizing their importance in human nutrition and sustainable agricultural production …

Grain legumes, the important constituents of sustainability‐based crop** systems and
energy‐limited vegetarian diets have long been the subject of scientific research …

Forty-four protocols of doubled haploid production (DH) are presented in this Manual. They
are related to at least 33 plant species, not counting protocols on production of DH from …

To induce androgenesis in field pea, grass pea and the model legume species Medicago
truncatula, isolated microspores of various genotypes of these three species were submitted …

The Fabaceae species have a major role to play in sustainable farming systems, but they
have lagged behind other families in respect to the development of doubled haploid …

The compounds making up the dry weight of seeds play a major role in determining the
nutritional quality and ultimately the uses and economic value of the seed. The carbohydrate …

In this chapter, we present a list of species (and few interspecific hybrids) where haploids
and/or doubled haploids have been published, including the method by which they were …

Doubled haploid technology is, so far, the fastest route to induce a true homozygous state in
plants. True homozygous plants are particularly important for breeders, as they can facilitate …

Biology and breeding of food legumes: Androgenesis and doubled-haploid production in food
legumes. Page 1 ©CAB International 2011. Biology and Breeding of Food Legumes (eds A …

Pea (Pisum sativum L.) is a species for which there is no efficient method for the recovery of
haploid plants yet. This research investigated the influence of various genotypes, nutrient …