Potential and limits of exploitation of crop wild relatives for pea, lentil, and chickpea improvement

CJ Coyne, S Kumar, EJB von Wettberg… - Legume …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Legumes represent the second most important family of crop plants after grasses,
accounting for approximately 27% of the world's crop production. Past domestication …

Current perspectives on introgression breeding in food legumes

A Pratap, A Das, S Kumar, S Gupta - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Food legumes are important for defeating malnutrition and sustaining agri-food systems
globally. Breeding efforts in legume crops have been largely confined to the exploitation of …

Heat and Drought Stress Impact on Phenology, Grain Yield, and Nutritional Quality of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus)

H Choukri, K Hejjaoui, A El-Baouchi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) is a protein-rich cool-season food legume with an excellent
source of protein, prebiotic carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins. With climate change …

Biofortification under climate change: the fight between quality and quantity

A Maqbool, M Abrar, A Bakhsh, S Çalışkan… - … , climate, plant and …, 2020 - Springer
Climate change has been a serious problem in our industrialized world for the last century.
We have faced its devastating effects on the environment, agriculture and human …

High-temperature and drought stress effects on growth, yield and nutritional quality with transpiration response to vapor pressure deficit in lentil

N El Haddad, H Choukri, ME Ghanem, A Smouni… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
High temperature and water deficit are among the major limitations reducing lentil (Lens
culinaris Medik.) yield in many growing regions. In addition, increasing atmospheric vapor …

Effect of High Temperature Stress During the Reproductive Stage on Grain Yield and Nutritional Quality of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus)

H Choukri, N El Haddad, K Aloui, K Hejjaoui… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
High temperature during the reproductive stage limits the growth and development of lentil
(Lens culinaris Medikus). The reproductive and seed filling periods are the most sensitive to …

The prospects of gene introgression from crop wild relatives into cultivated lentil for climate change mitigation

VR Rajpal, A Singh, R Kathpalia, RK Thakur… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Crop wild relatives (CWRs), landraces and exotic germplasm are important sources of
genetic variability, alien alleles, and useful crop traits that can help mitigate a plethora of …

Legume biofortification is an underexploited strategy for combatting hidden hunger

HM Rehman, JW Cooper, HM Lam… - Plant, cell & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Legumes are the world's primary source of dietary protein and are particularly important for
those in developing economies. However, the biofortification potential of legumes remains …

Crop wild relatives crosses: Multi-location assessment in durum wheat, barley, and lentil

N El Haddad, M Sanchez-Garcia, A Visioni, A Jilal… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are a good source of useful alleles for climate change adaptation.
Here, 19 durum wheat, 24 barley, and 24 lentil elites incorporating CWR in their pedigrees …

Seed yield, crude protein and mineral nutrients of lentil genotypes evaluated across diverse environments under organic and conventional farming

M Tziouvalekas, E Tigka, A Kargiotidou, D Beslemes… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lentil is an important legume crop for human and animal dietary needs due to its high
nutritional value. The effect of genotype and growing environment was studied on seed yield …