Mucuna pruriens var. utilis, an underutilized tropical legume has a nutritional quality
comparable to soya beans and other conventional legumes as it contains similar proportions …

Mucuna pruriens belongs to the Fabaceae family and is ordinarily known as velvet bean, in
English cowitch and Hindi Kawaanch. The restorative quality of this bean makes it an …

The effectiveness of magnetopriming was assessed for alleviation of salt‐induced adverse
effects on soybean growth. Soybean seeds were pre‐treated with static magnetic field (SMF) …

Increase in perception of solar ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation on Earth's surface due to
anthropogenic activities has potential in causing detrimental effects on plants. The present …

A field study was conducted to investigate the impact of the fungicide pyraclostrobin (F500–
Headline®; ai 20%) on the activity of nitrogenase in soybean (var. JS-335). Pyraclostrobin …

Abstract Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation induces diverse morphological and physiological
changes including the hormonal regulations in plants, but the actual mechanisms leading to …

Legumes are a major food crop in many developing nations. However, orphan or
underutilized legumes are domesticated legumes that have valuable properties but are less …

Unconventional legumes are promising in terms of nutrition, providing food security,
agricultural development and in crop rotation in developing countries. The wild legume …

Mucuna is an unconventional plant species having promising nutritional, pharmaceutical
and cosmaceutical bioactive constituents. Mucuna pruriens is reported to have the highest …

Soybean (Glycine max) is one of the most important proteins and oilseed crops in the world
due to a boom in its demand. In order to meet this demand, various modern agricultural …