Breeding crop plants with increased yield potential and improved tolerance to stressful
environments is critical for global food security. Drought stress (DS) adversely affects …

Underutilized/orphan legumes provide food and nutritional security to resource-poor rural
populations during periods of drought and extreme hunger, thus, saving millions of lives …

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 …

Underutilized pulses and their wild relatives are typically stress tolerant and their seeds are
packed with protein, fibers, minerals, vitamins, and phytochemicals. The consumption of …

Abstract Background Ziziphus species particularly Ziziphus mauritiana and Ziziphus
nummularia constitute an important part of genetic resources in India. They contribute …

Horsegram is a grain legume with excellent nutritional and remedial properties and good
climate resilience, able to adapt to harsh environmental conditions. Here, we used a …

Horsegram (Macrotyloma uniflorum)–an important, self-pollinated food legume, however
due to limited genomic and genetic resources the genetic improvement could not be …

Horsegram is an important drought resistant pulse crop from Fabaceae and can be easily
grown in dry lands with no irrigation facilities. However, it remained neglected since long …

Horsegram (Macrotyloma uniflorum) is an important legume crop well adapted to harsh
environments and has significant nutritional value. It is also well recognized due to its …

Abstract Horsegram (Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.) is a drought hardy legume which
can be grown in varied soil and temperature regimes. Though it has numerous, nutritive and …