Legumes contain a variety of phytochemicals derived from the phenylpropanoid pathway that have important effects on human health as well as seed coat color, plant disease resistance and nodulation. However, the information about the genes involved in this important pathway is fragmentary in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). The objectives of this research were to isolate genes that function ...

the cotton bollworm, helicoverpa armigera (hübner), is one of the important polyphagous pests causing serious loss to many economically important crops in iran. the goal of this experiment was to study the age-stage, two-sex life table of h. armigera on different bean cultivars including white kidney bean (cultivars daneshkadeh, pak, and shokufa), red kidney bean (cultivars akhtar, naz, and say...

BACKGROUND In human nutrition legume seeds are usually subjected to soaking and thermal processes, mainly by using traditional cooking method. This method which has been used for decades, does not allow to control and adjust the parameters of this process. Therefore it does not seem to be the optimal method. Undoubtedly, microwave field is an alternative thermal process to conventional techniqu...

Common bacterial blight (CBB), and bean common mosaic (BCMV) limit beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production worldwide. This study was carried out to perform phenotypic screening asses the leaf reaction of a resistant line CBB BCMV. The experiment conducted using Completely Randomized design with three replications under screen-house conditions. Four improved genotypes for bruchid resistance wer...

Photosynthesis of most plants decreases rapidly when the leaf temperature drops below 100. In contrast, however, several frost resistant plant species still perform appreciable photosynthesis at temperatures below 50 (8). Vetuhova (14, 15) demonstrated that photosvnthesis at low temperature was related to winter hardiness. When leaves were cooled, she observed a smaller depression of photosynth...

Dissemination pathways of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) cultivars from their areas of domestication to other parts of the Americas were determined using phaseolin type, as determined by 1-dimensional SDS/PAGE. Common bean cultivars of lowland South America exhibited approximately equal numbers of 'S' and "T' phaseolin types. "S" cultivars of that region may have been introduced along a route...

Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an annual legume which is also known as peanut, earthnut, monkeynut and ground bean. Among the major oil seed crops, groundnut has some specific advantages because of its use in many food products. The present study is planned to characterize different groundnut varieties, grown under similar conditions, for their chemical composition and nutritional assay. Fa...

The industrial cultivation of beans is predertmined by economic and agronomic attractiveness the crop. However, selection varieties among main components technology, which determine growth efciency production. maximum level cultivars' potential realization largely depends on duration interphase vegetation periods common beans. Therefore, aim research was to study growing season grain productivi...

Angular leaf spot (ALS) disease of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is caused by the imperfect fungus Phaeoisariopsis griseola (Sacc.) Ferraris. ALS is an important disease in tropical and subtropical countries and can cause severe bean yield losses (approximately 40 to 80%) under favorable environmental conditions (5,7,19,20). Breeding for disease resistance is the most practical approach f...