Economically, legumes (Fabaceae) represent the second most important family of crop
plants after the grass family, Poaceae. Grain legumes account for 27% of world crop …

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

Field pea (Pisum sativum L.) needs improvement to increase productivity due to its high
price and demand. However, the incidence of powdery mildew (PM) disease limits its …

Yield stability of legume crops is constrained by a number of pest and diseases. Major
diseases are rusts, powdery and downy mildews, ascochyta blights, botrytis gray molds …

Biotic and abiotic stresses cause significant yield losses in legumes and can significantly
affect their productivity. Biotechnology tools such as marker-assisted breeding, tissue …

Key message Successful introgression of a major QTL for rust resistance, through marker-
assisted backcrossing, in three popular Indian peanut cultivars generated several promising …

Rust caused by Uromyces viciae-fabae is a major biotic constraint to field pea (Pisum
sativum L.) cultivation worldwide. Deployment of host-pathogen interaction and resistant …

Legume Genomics and Breeding Page 1 Legume Genomics and Breeding Rajeev K. Varshney
and Mahendar Thudi International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) …

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the third most economically important food legume in the
world. Its yield potential is often limited by various biotic stresses, including fungal and viral …

Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is a major food and feed legume because of the high nutritional
value of its seeds. The main objectives of faba bean breeding are to improve yield, disease …