Legumes represent the second most important family of crop plants after grasses,
accounting for approximately 27% of the world's crop production. Past domestication …

Root and foot diseases severely impede grain legume cultivation worldwide. Breeding lines
with resistance against individual pathogens exist, but these resistances are often overcome …

Pea (Pisum sativum) stands out as one of the most significant and productive cool-season
pulse crops cultivated worldwide. Dealing with biotic stresses remains a critical challenge in …

Abstract Pea (Pisum sativum L.), a cool-season legume crop grown in more than 85
countries, is the second most important grain legume and one of the major green vegetables …

Genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted to identify loci associated with
agronomic (days to flowering, days to maturity, plant height, seed yield and seed weight) …

Investigations regarding the incorporation of better sustainable production strategies into
current agricultural-food systems are necessary to grow crops that reduce negative impacts …

Peas (Pisum sativum) are the fourth most cultivated pulses worldwide and a critical source of
protein in animal feed and human food. Develo** pea core collections improves our …

Well-performing genomic prediction (GP) models for polygenic traits and molecular marker
sets for oligogenic traits could be useful for identifying promising genetic resources in …

There is growing interest in the conservation and utilization of crop wild relatives (CWR) in
international food security policy and research. Legumes play an important role in human …

Drought is increasingly frequent in the context of climate change and is considered a major
constraint for crop yield. Water scarcity can impair growth, disturb plant water relations and …