Over the past years, the shift toward plant‐based foods has largely increased the global
awareness of the nutritional importance of legumes (common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) …

Public health concerns are discussed so frequently that it is beginning to cause
desensitization. And yet, rates of chronic disease remain alarmingly high worldwide—or are …

Pulses (eg, lentil, common bean, chickpea, and dry pea) are linked to a myriad of positive
human and environmental health impacts, making them an ideal food for wise and …

Cooking time of the common bean is an important trait for consumer preference, with
implications for nutrition, health, and environment. For efficient germplasm improvement …

Genetic vulnerability refers to (sometimes catastrophic) actual or potential losses in the
production of a crop (in quantity and/or quality), attributable to spatial or temporal reduction …

Phytic acid (PA) represents the major storage form of seed phosphate (P). During seed
maturation, it accumulates as phytate salts chelating various mineral cations, therefore …

Dry beans are an affordable, nutritious food that often require long cooking times. Storage
time and conditions, growing environment, and genotype influence cooking times. Little is …

In developing countries, orphan legumes stand at the forefront in the struggle against
climate change. Their high nutrient value is crucial in malnutrition and chronic diseases …

Storage is a fundamental part of the common bean postharvest chain that ensures a steady
supply of safe and nutritious beans of acceptable cooking quality to the consumers …

Common bean seeds are an excellent source of protein as well as of carbohydrates,
minerals, vitamins, and bioactive compounds reducing, when in the diet, the risks of …