Global food production needs to be doubled by 50% by the middle of 21st century to ensure
the food and nutritional security for 9 billion people explicitly in the challenging scenarios …

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 …

Pulses are an important source of energy and protein, essential amino acids, dietary fibers,
minerals, and vitamins, and play a significant role in addressing global nutritional security …

Novel crop improvement approaches, including those that facilitate for the exploitation of
crop wild relatives and underutilized species harboring the much-needed natural allelic …

Chickpea is a cheap source of protein and micronutrients to the poor and vegetarian
population living in south-Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Due to changes in climatic …

Chickpea is an important legume crop, providing a protein rich diet for humans and animal
feed. Globally, chickpea is grown in over 56 countries, occupying a production area of …

Moth bean (Vigna aconitifolia) is an orphan legume of Vigna genus, exhibiting wide
adaptability and has the potential to grow well in arid and semi-arid areas, predominantly …

Genetically diverse plant germplasm stored in ex-situ genebanks are excellent resources for
breeding new high yielding and sustainable crop varieties to ensure future food security …

Pea (Pisum sativum L.) is one of the most important and productive cool season pulse crops
grown throughout the world. Biotic stresses are the crucial constraints in harnessing the …

Genomics‐assisted breeding has become a powerful tool to develop high‐yielding climate‐
resilient varieties for adaptation to adverse environmental conditions such as heat and …