A reduction in pod shattering is one of the main components of grain legume domestication.
Despite this, many domesticated legumes suffer serious yield losses due to shattering …

Crop domestication is a co-evolutionary process that has rendered plants and animals
significantly dependent on human interventions for survival and propagation. Grain legumes …

In legumes, pod shattering occurs when mature pods dehisce along the sutures, and
detachment of the valves promotes seed dispersal. In Phaseolus vulgaris (L)., the major …

Plants have an intrinsic defense mechanism to defend themselves from different pathogens
and activate suitable genetic mechanisms inside the cells via proteins. These proteins are …

Modern agriculture depends on a narrow variety of crop species, leaving global food and
nutritional security highly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change and population …

To increase food production under the challenges presented by global climate change, the
concept of de novo domestication—utilizing stress-tolerant wild species as new crops—has …

We can increase the stability of our food systems against environmental variability and
climate change by following the footsteps of our ancestors and domesticating edible wild …

Legume crops, belonging to the Fabaceae family, are of immense importance for sustaining
global food security. Many legumes are profitable crops for smallholder farmers due to their …

Legumes are one of the most economically important and biodiverse families in plants
recognised as the basis to develop functional foods. Among these, the Vigna genus stands …

Pod shattering, which causes the explosive release of seeds from the pod, is one of the main
sources of yield losses in cowpea in arid and semi-arid areas. Reduction of shattering has …