Global climate variations induce extreme temperatures and significantly decrease crop
production, leading to food insecurity worldwide. Temperature extremes (mainly cold stress …

Genomic selection (GS) facilitates the rapid selection of superior genotypes and accelerates
the breeding cycle. In this review, we discuss the history, principles, and basis of GS and …

Wild species related to agricultural crops (crop wild relatives, or CWR) can increase the
adaptive capacity of agricultural systems around the world. They represent a large pool of …

Abstract The United Nations declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (grain
legumes) under the banner 'nutritious seeds for a sustainable future'. A second green …

Cicer arietinum L. is the third greatest widely planted imperative pulse crop worldwide, and it
belongs to the Leguminosae family. Drought is the utmost common abiotic factor on plants …

Climate change during the last 40 years has had a serious impact on agriculture and
threatens global food and nutritional security. From over half a million plant species, cereals …

Chickpea is an important leguminous crop with potential to provide dietary proteins to both
humans and animals. It also ameliorates soil nitrogen through biological nitrogen fixation …

Climate change is a threat to global food security due to the reduction of crop productivity
around the globe. Food security is a matter of concern for stakeholders and policymakers as …

There is a rapidly rising trend in the development and application of molecular marker
assays for gene mapping and discovery in field crops and trees. Thus far, more than 50 SNP …

Efficiency of breeding programs of legume crops such as chickpea, pigeonpea and
groundnut has been considerably improved over the past decade through deployment of …