Drought Stress in Lentil (Lens culinaris, Medik) and Approaches for Its Management

A Zeroual, A Baidani, O Idrissi - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lentil plays an important role for food and nutritional security. It is a sustainable source of
protein, zinc, iron, prebiotic carbohydrates, and diverse health-promoting nutrients. This crop …

Genetic approaches to exploit landraces for improvement of Triticum turgidum ssp. durum in the age of climate change

C Broccanello, D Bellin, G DalCorso, A Furini… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Addressing the challenges of climate change and durum wheat production is becoming an
important driver for food and nutrition security in the Mediterranean area, where are located …

Genome-wide association study as a powerful tool for dissecting competitive traits in legumes

P Susmitha, P Kumar, P Yadav, S Sahoo… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Legumes are extremely valuable because of their high protein content and several other
nutritional components. The major challenge lies in maintaining the quantity and quality of …

Genomics‐assisted lentil breeding: Current status and future strategies

J Kumar, D Sen Gupta, M Baum, RK Varshney… - Legume …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Delineation of novel genomic loci and putative candidate genes associated with seed iron and zinc content in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.)

B Singh, S Singh, AK Mahato, HK Dikshit, K Tripathi… - Plant Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of molecular breeding approaches for development of lentil genotypes biofortified
with essential micro-nutrients such as iron and zinc, could serve as a promising solution to …

Molecular genetic diversity analysis using SSR marker amongst high solasodine content lines of Solanum khasianum CB Clarke, an industrially important plant

M Lal, S Munda, S Bhandari, S Saikia, T Begum… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solanum khasianum CB Clarke contains a pharmaceutically useful alkaloid, solasodine,
which is mainly used for the synthesis of steroid hormones. In this study, a total of 273 …

Genetic diversity and GWAS of agronomic traits using an ICARDA lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Reference Plus collection

K Rajendran, CJ Coyne, P Zheng, G Saha… - Plant Genetic …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Genotyping of lentil plant genetic resources holds the promise to increase the identification
and utilization of useful genetic diversity for crop improvement. The International Center for …

Identification of novel genes associated with herbicide tolerance in Lentil (Lens culinaris ssp. culinaris Medik.)

R Balech, F Maalouf, S Kaur, A Jighly, R Joukhadar… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Weeds pose a major constraint in lentil cultivation, leading to decrease farmers' revenues by
reducing the yield and increasing the management costs. The development of herbicide …

Morpho-biochemical characterization of a RIL population for seed parameters and identification of candidate genes regulating seed size trait in lentil (Lens culinaris …

H Dutta, S KM, MS Aski, GP Mishra, SK Sinha… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The seed size and shape in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) are important quality traits as these
influences the milled grain yield, cooking time, and market class of the grains. Linkage …

Historical overview of biofortification in crop plants and its implications

GP Mishra, HK Dikshit, Priti, B Kukreja, M Aski… - Biofortification of Staple …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Development of a crop variety having a significantly higher concentration of a
certain nutrient than the normal crop which is being grown is known as biofortification …