Grain legume crops are important to meet global food security and crop rotation with
legumes also enhance the soil fertility through symbiotic fixation of atmospheric nitrogen …

Key message Sustaining yield gains of grain legume crops under growing salt-stressed
conditions demands a thorough understanding of plant salinity response and more efficient …

Legumes as food crops play an important nutritional role in the diet of millions of people
living in the developing countries; they are sometimes referred to as the 'poor man's meat' …

Abiotic stresses such as low water availability and high salinity are major causes of cereal
crop yield losses and significantly impact on sustainability. Wheat and barley are two of the …

ABSTRACT The Asiatic Vigna species consists of several grain legumes that are native to
tropical regions of new world. A number of them are of considerable economic importance in …

Salinity is an ever-present major constraint and a major threat to legume crops, particularly
in areas with irrigated agriculture. Legumes demonstrate high sensitivity, especially during …

In the post-genomic era, increasing efforts have been done to describe the relationship
between genome and phenotype in plants. It has become clear that even a complete …

Salt stress is the major limiting factor in agriculture and portraits a major challenge to food
security. The adverse effect of salt stress is expressed on whole plant levels. Plants have …

At present more than 20% of all the irrigated land in the world is estimated as affected by
salinity and this trend is increasing with the rapid climate changes as well as the excess use …

The global challenge of crop loss due to salt stress became increasingly significant,
especially in the context of meeting the rising demands of a growing world population. This …