Environmental degradation and the decrease of ecosystem service provision are currently of
major concern, with current agricultural systems being a major driver. To meet our future …

Alfalfa is widely recognized as an important forage crop. To understand the morphological
characteristics and genetic basis of seed morphology in alfalfa, we screened 318 Medicago …

Legume seeds are an important source of proteins, minerals, and vitamins for human and
animal diets and represent a keystone for food security. With climate change and global …

Seed size is an important yield and quality-determining trait in higher plants and is also
crucial to their evolutionary fitness. In African yam bean (AYB), seed size varies widely …

Seed vigor significantly affects peanut breeding and agricultural yield by influencing seed
germination and seedling growth and development. Traditional vigor testing methods are …

In this paper, a new pathway was proposed to assess the germplasm genetic variation by
multidimensional traits of wheat seeds generated from digital images. A machine vision …

Seed color is one of the key target traits of domestication and artificial selection in chickpeas
due to its implications on consumer preference and market value. The complex seed color …

Abstract Background Moth bean (Vigna aconitifolia) is an underutilized, protein-rich legume
that is grown in arid and semi-arid areas of south Asia and is highly resistant to abiotic …

Seed size is an important agronomic trait that indicates seed quality. In legumes, pods with
equal and larger seeds remain the first preference of farmers and consumers. Genetic …

The time to flowering (DF), pod beginning (DPB), seed formation (DSF), and maturity
initiation (DMI) in soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr) are important characteristics of growth …