Legumes, being angiosperm's third-largest family as well as the second major crop family,
contributes beyond 33% of human dietary proteins. The advent of the global food crisis …

Minor food crops, often known as “poor man's crops,” are currently neglected or
underutilized and have become extinct or rare. These crops can, however, contribute …

Local plants appear to be of minor importance as they are either neglected or underutilized
by the farmers and consumers. Some of these crops are disappearing, even lost or became …

For sustainable environmental management as a whole, the roles of phytoremediation and
biofortification as two sides of the same coin must be highlighted. Phytoremediation is a …

Micronutrients are inevitably essential for housekeeping, enzymatic activities and
homeostasis. The micronutrients comprise vitamins and minerals. A diet with well-balanced …

One hundred and two blackgram genotypes were evaluated for Yellow mosaic virus (YMV)
resistance based on disease scoring, molecular characterisation, yield and morphological …

Metallothioneins are a special group of small proteins capable of detoxifying non-essential
metal ions present in excess within a plant cell. Metallothioneins are cysteine-rich diverse …

In the changing climatic conditions and global scenario, in a continued green revolution; we
have already accomplished food security and is legal through food security bill. Whereas …

Background DNA barcoding is an imperative implementation of chloroplast rbcL and matK
regions exploited as standard molecular barcodes for species identification. MatK is highly …

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