Chickpea is an important leguminous crop with potential to provide dietary proteins to both
humans and animals. It also ameliorates soil nitrogen through biological nitrogen fixation …

Germination is a traditional process and a re-emerging trend in healthy foods, resulting a
progressively increase in scientific research on their nutritional traits and phytochemical …

The fluctuating climates, rising human population, and deteriorating arable lands
necessitate sustainable crops to fulfil global food requirements. In the countryside, legumes …

Wider and more profitable legume crop cultivation is an indispensable step for the
agroecological transition of global agri-food systems but represents a challenge especially …

Progress in plant breeding depends on the development of genetic resources, genetic
knowledge, and breeding techniques. The core of plant breeding is the use of naturally …

Crop wild relatives (CWRs), landraces and exotic germplasm are important sources of
genetic variability, alien alleles, and useful crop traits that can help mitigate a plethora of …

Height from soil at the base of plant to the first pod (HFP) is an important trait for mechanical
harvesting of legume crops. To minimise the loss of pods, the HFP must be higher than that …

Crop wild relatives are species related to cultivated plants, whose populations have evolved
in natural conditions and confer them valuable adaptive genetic diversity, that can be used …

Food legumes (dry beans and other pulses) have significant importance in human diet
worldwide and occupy an important place in the global food supply chain besides promoting …

Grain legumes were domesticated in parallel with cereals in several regions of the world
and formed the economic basis of early farming cultures. Since then, legumes have played a …