Biofortified legumes: Present scenario, possibilities and challenges

A Joshi-Saha, SK Sethy, G Misra, GP Dixit… - Field Crops …, 2022 - Elsevier
Being an affordable and good source of protein to a vast population that is vegetarian by
choice or non-affordability of non-vegetarian food, legumes constitute a staple food in many …

Transcription Factor GmWRKY46 Enhanced Phosphate Starvation Tolerance and Root Development in Transgenic Plants

C Li, K Li, X Liu, H Ruan, M Zheng, Z Yu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Phosphorus (P) is one of the essential macronutrients, whose deficiency limits the growth
and development of plants. In this study, we investigated the possible role of GmWRKY46 in …

Estimation of iron, zinc, phytic acid concentration and protein content in lentil seeds over locations and their marker-trait association analysis

J Kumar, RR Mir, A Dutta, A Singh, V Kumar… - Journal of Food …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the present study, a diverse set of 96 lentil accessions including biofortified variety IPL
220 was used to identify sources of high concentration for Fe and Zn along with low phytic …

Effect of growing environments on the minerals and proximate composition of urdbeans (Vigna mungo L. Hepper)

DS Gupta, A Dutta, VS Sharanagat, J Kumar… - Journal of Food …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Urdbean (Vigna mungo L. Hepper) is an abundantly grown and profusely
consumed south-Asian pulse crop. It has enormous scope in the international food industry …

[HTML][HTML] Physiological mechanisms of tolerance to drought and heat in major pulses for improving yield under stress environments

PS Basu, SK Chaturvedi, PM Gaur… - Advances in plant …, 2022 - intechopen.com
Reduction in biomass and pollen fertility are the two major constraints resulting in poor grain
yield in major pulses grown under rainfed agrosystem. Generally, pulses are encountered …

Understanding G × E Interaction for Nutritional and Antinutritional Factors in a Diverse Panel of Vigna stipulacea (Lam.) Kuntz Germplasm Tested Over the Locations

PG Gore, A Das, R Bhardwaj, K Tripathi… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Micronutrient malnutrition or hidden hunger is a serious challenge toward societal well-
being. Vigna stipulacea (Lam.) Kuntz (known locally as Minni payaru), is an underutilized …

Urdbean breeding

DS Gupta, J Kumar, AK Parihar, A Chandra… - Fundamentals of Field …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Urdbean (Vigna mungo L. Hepper) is a warm season food legume grown on a wide
scale in South Asia. India is the largest producer and consumer for this pulse crop. Besides …

Morpho-physiological traits and functional markers based molecular dissection of heat-tolerance in urdbean

D Sen Gupta, PS Basu, J Souframanien… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Urdbean (Vigna mungo L. Hepper) is one of the important pulse crops. Its cultivation is not
so popular during summer seasons because this crop is unable to withstand excessive heat …

Identification of potential sources of mungbean yellow mosaic India virus resistance in black gram (Vigna mungo) and expression of antioxidants and R‐genes …

A Tripathi, CM Singh, M Kumar, S Purwar… - Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Black gram is one of the most important short duration grain legume, which contributes
significantly towards nutritional security and environmental sustainability. The virus specific …

Strategies for identifying stable lentil cultivars (Lens culinaris Medik) for combating hidden hunger, malnourishment, and climate variability

MS Aski, GP Mishra, JP Tokkas, PS Yadav… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Iron and zinc malnutrition is a global humanitarian concern that mostly affects newborns,
children, and women in low-and middle-income countries where plant-based diets are …