Pod shattering in grain legumes: emerging genetic and environment-related patterns

GENETIC RESOURCES, CHROMOSOME ENGINEERING, AND CROP IMPROVEMENT Grain Legumes

Non-Shattering Grain Amaranth Populations

SHATTERING Shattering can cause serious losses in commercial grain production of amaranth (Fitterer et al. 1996). In Nebraska, amaranth grain is harvested after the plants are killed by frost and have dried. The predominant cultivar ‘Plainsman’ is favored partly because it maintains good stem strength after frost has killed it (Baltensperger et al. 1992), however, it does shatter (Fitterer et a...

The Grain Legumes Integrated Project

Anti-nutritional Factors in Some Grain Legumes

Grain legumes, such as soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.), pea (Pisum sativum L.), faba bean (Vicia faba L.), lupins (Lupinus spp.), common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) and grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.), represent one of the most quality and least expensive solutions for a long-term demand for plant protein in animal husbandry. One of the limitations to an increased use of grain legumes as feed is t...

Nutrient Content and Nutritional Water Productivity of Selected Grain Legumes in Response to Production Environment

There is a need to incorporate nutrition into aspects of crop and water productivity to tackle food and nutrition insecurity (FNS). The study determined the nutritional water productivity (NWP) of selected major (groundnut, dry bean) and indigenous (bambara groundnut and cowpea) grain legumes in response to water regimes and environments. Field trials were conducted during 2015/16 and 2016/17 a...