Economically, legumes (Fabaceae) represent the second most important family of crop
plants after the grass family, Poaceae. Grain legumes account for 27% of world crop …

Main conclusion Although grass pea is an environmentally successful robust legume with
major traits of interest for food and nutrition security, the genetic potential of this orphan crop …

Legumes are well recognized for their nutritional and health benefits as well as for their
impact in the sustainability of agricultural systems. The threatening scenario imposed by …

Yield stability of legume crops is constrained by a number of pest and diseases. Major
diseases are rusts, powdery and downy mildews, ascochyta blights, botrytis gray molds …

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

Climate change is rapidly changing how we live, what we eat and produce, the crops we
breed and the target traits. Previously underutilized orphan crops that are climate resilient …

Grass pea is a promising crop for adaptation under climate change because of its tolerance
to drought, water-logging and salinity, and being almost free from insect-pests and diseases …

The phenolic contents and antioxidant activities of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus), lentil (Lens
culinaris), and chickpea (Cicer arietinum) cultivars from the Campania region of Southern …

The genus Lathyrus consists of more than 184 herbaceous annual and perennial species
suitable for multifaceted sustainable food and feed production system in the arid and semi …

Abstract Background The Lathyrus genus includes 160 species, some of which have
economic importance as food, fodder and ornamental crops (mainly L. sativus, L. cicera and …