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

Food legumes are important for defeating malnutrition and sustaining agri-food systems
globally. Breeding efforts in legume crops have been largely confined to the exploitation of …

Genetic resources of the genus Cicer L. are not only limited when compared to other
important food legumes and major cereal crops but also, they include several endemic …

Pea (Pisum sativum L.) is one of the most important and productive cool season pulse crops
grown throughout the world. Biotic stresses are the crucial constraints in harnessing the …

Earliness in crop plants has a crucial role in avoiding the stress of drought and heat, which
are the most important challenging stressors in crop production and are predicted to …

Little resistance to the pea weevil insect pest (Bruchus pisorum) is available in pea (Pisum
sativum) cultivars, highlighting the need to search for sources of resistance in Pisum …

Field pea (Pisum sativus L.) is a nutritionally dense winter season pulse crop, consumed
worldwide as food, feed and fodder and offers nutritional security to low-income folks of …

Simple Summary The most harmful storage pest of pulses is known to be the bruchid or
pulse beetle, especially in the tropics and subtropics. Chemical insecticides work well to …

Range of edible legumes suffer huge post-harvest deterioration due to infestation by
Callosobruchus spp.(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Among the bruchid species, despite …

Several bruchid species attack stored pulses including those belonging to Vigna species.
Wild Vigna accessions offer a host of useful traits for improvement of their cultivated types …