Leveraging innovative tools to speed up prebreeding and discovery of genotypic sources of
adaptation from landraces, crop wild relatives, and orphan crops is a key prerequisite to …

Recent advances in next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have led the surge of
genomic resources for the improvement legume crops. Advances in high throughput …

One thousand four hundred and seven spring wheat germplasm lines belonging to Indian
and CIMMYT wheat programs were evaluated for their leaf angle and resistance to spot …

Cowpeas (tropical legumes) are important in ensuring food and nutritional security in
developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Herein, we report two high-quality …

Worldwide genebanks hold phenotypic and genetic novelty useful to increase yield, crop
adaptability, and agrobiodiversity (Tanksley and McCouch, 1997) while buffering crop …

The leaf erectness profile has been used to optimize plant architecture since erect leaves
can enhance photosynthesis and dry matter production by greater sunlight capture …

Cowpea is one of the most popular dry-land legumes cultivated for food and forage in arid
and semi-arid areas. Genetic diversity for global germplasm can be organized into core …

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) is an important grain legume crop of the subtropics,
particularly in West Africa, where it contributes to the livelihoods of small-scale farmers …

The biodiversity of grain legumes has a great important role in food and nutritional security
worldwide. Grain legumes are a vital component of the human diet and also increased in …

The evaluation of the diversity in the cowpea local varieties (CLVs) allows the efficient use of
genetic resources for cultivar development. This study aimed to evaluate the diversity of …