CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in legume crops: Opportunities and challenges

P Bhowmik, D Konkin, P Polowick, CL Hodgins… - Legume …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Legumes are an excellent source of proteins and health‐promoting phytochemicals.
Recognizing their importance in human nutrition and sustainable agricultural production …

Agrobacterium-mediated horizontal gene transfer: Mechanism, biotechnological application, potential risk and forestalling strategy

M Guo, J Ye, D Gao, N Xu, J Yang - Biotechnology advances, 2019 - Elsevier
The extraordinary capacity of Agrobacterium to transfer its genetic material to host cell
makes it evolve from phytopathogen to a powerful transgenic vector. Agrobacterium …

High efficiency plant regeneration and genetic fidelity of regenerants by SCoT and ISSR markers in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

SK Sadhu, P Jogam, RK Thampu, S Abbagani… - Plant Cell, Tissue and …, 2020 - Springer
High efficient and repeatable in vitro regeneration protocol was established from embryo
axis, half-seed, axillary meristem, and cotyledonary node explants of chickpea. Various …

CRISPR/Cas9 is a powerful tool for precise genome editing of legume crops: a review

A Rasheed, AA Barqawi, A Mahmood, M Nawaz… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - Springer
Legumes are an imperative source of food and proteins across the globe. They also improve
soil fertility through symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF). Genome editing (GE) is now a novel …

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Biology and Biotechnology: From Domestication to Biofortification and Biopharming

B Koul, K Sharma, V Sehgal, D Yadav, M Mishra… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), the world's second most consumed legume crop, is cultivated
in more than 50 countries around the world. It is a boon for diabetics and is an excellent …

Genetic transformation of legumes: an update

A Choudhury, MV Rajam - Plant Cell Reports, 2021 - Springer
Key message This review summarizes the recent advances in legume genetic
transformation and provides an insight into the critical factors that play a major role in the …

Unclasping potentials of genomics and gene editing in chickpea to fight climate change and global hunger threat

C Singh, R Kumar, H Sehgal, S Bhati, T Singhal… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Genomics and genome editing promise enormous opportunities for crop improvement and
elementary research. Precise modification in the specific targeted location of a genome has …

Hairy root cultures as a source of phenolic antioxidants: simple phenolics, phenolic acids, phenylethanoids, and hydroxycinnamates

J Malarz, YV Yudina, A Stojakowska - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant-derived antioxidants are intrinsic components of human diet and factors implicated in
tolerance mechanisms against environmental stresses in both plants and humans. They are …

Metal catalyst-free selective acetosyringone synthesis from rice straw lignin

A Saikia, K Dutta, D Bora, B Saha, A Singh - Environmental Science and …, 2023 - Springer
In recent decades, due to abundance (second most abundant natural polymer after
cellulose) and sustainability, lignin has attracted much interest from different researchers to …

Integrated breeding approaches to enhance the nutritional quality of food legumes

R Jha, HK Yadav, R Raiya, RK Singh, UC Jha… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Global food security, both in terms of quantity and quality remains as a challenge with the
increasing population. In parallel, micronutrient deficiency in the human diet leads to …