Plant landraces represent heterogeneous, local adaptations of domesticated species, and
thereby provide genetic resources that meet current and new challenges for farming in …

Climate change affects agricultural productivity worldwide. Increased prices of food
commodities are the initial indication of drastic edible yield loss, which is expected to …

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), one of the most important grain legume crops for
direct human consumption, faces many challenges as a crop. Domesticated from wild …

Drought stress linked with climate change is one of the major constraints faced by common
bean farmers in Africa and elsewhere. Mitigating this constraint requires the selection of …

Although yield and total biomass produced by annual legumes remain major objectives for
breeders, other issues such as environment-friendly, resource use efficiency including …

Background Common bean is an important staple crop in the tropics of Africa, Asia and the
Americas. Particularly smallholder farmers rely on bean as a source for calories, protein and …

In plant and animal breeding, genomic prediction models are established to select new lines
based on genomic data, without the need for laborious phenotyping. Prediction models can …

Drought stress is the major limitation of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) grown in
subsistence farming systems worldwide. The objective of this study was to use single …

Legumes form symbiotic relationship with root-nodule, rhizobia. The nitrogen (N 2) fixed by
legumes is a renewable source and of great importance to agriculture. Symbiotic nitrogen …

Optimal spike characteristics are critical in improving the sink capacity and yield potential of
wheat even in harsh environments. However, the genetic basis of their response to nitrogen …