Vegetable legumes are an essential source of carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals, along
with health-promoting bioactive chemicals. The demand for the use of either fresh or …

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 …

Cold is a major constraint for tomato growth and productivity; as it is a cold sensitive crop.
DREB1A plays a key role in generating cold tolerance in tomato by regulating the response …

Peanut, a major edible oil seed crop globally is predominantly grown under rainfed
conditions and suffers yield losses due to drought. Development of drought-tolerant varieties …

BACKGROUND Pigeonpea is a source of quality proteins and the main constituent of a well‐
balanced diet for majority of Indian population. One of the major constraints in the production …

Pod borer resistant transgenic pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L.) plants expressing cry1Ac
transgene were generated through Agrobacterium transformation of differentiated and …

Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is one of the most popular tropical fruits in the world owing to its
rich taste, flavor, color, production volume and diverse end usage. Conventional mango …

Rape seed (Brassica napus L.) is one of the most important oil seed crops in the world.
Genetic manipulation of rapeseed requires a suitable tissue culture system and an efficient …

Curcin, a type I ribosomal inhibiting protein-RIP, encoded by curcin precursor gene, is a
phytotoxin present in Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.). Here, we report designing of RNAi …

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation is widely used for the genetic
transformation of Lotus corniculatus. In this study, we optimized the genetic transformation …