Mungbean is an important food grain legume with high economic status. It has an excellent
source of dietary protein and nutritional health benefits, particularly for the vegetarians. It …

Pulses are multipurpose crops for providing income, employment and food security in the
underprivileged regions, notably the FAO-defined low-income food-deficit countries. Owing …

Despite sprouted grains have high nutritional and functional properties, their exploration in
mung bean and application in traditional foods are limited. The effects of germination of …

Mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) quality is dependent on seed chemical composition, which in
turn determines the benefits of its consumption for human health and nutrition. While mung …

Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] and blackgram [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper] are
important crops for smallholder farmers in tropical and subtropical regions. Production of …

Seed dormancy in wild mungbean (Vigna radiata var. sublobata) may be useful for the
breeding of cultivated mungbean (var. radiata) with pre-harvest sprouting resistance …

Mungbean is an ecologically important food grain legume crop. Susceptibility towards
salinity stress has limited the productivity of mungbean. The effect of salt stress on two …

Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) caused by the fungus Cercospora canescens Illis & Martin is a
serious disease in mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek), and disease can reduce seed …

Abstract Key message The Br locus confers bruchid resistance in mungbean; VrPGIP2
(encoding a polygalacturonase inhibitor) is a strong candidate gene for this resistance. The …

Nearly all mungbean cultivars are completely susceptible to seed bruchids (Callosobruchus
chinensis and Callosobruchus maculatus). Breeding bruchid-resistant mungbean is a major …