Grain legume improvement is currently impeded by a lack of genomic resources. The paucity of genome information for faba bean can be attributed to the intrinsic difficulties of assembling/annotating its giant (~13 Gb) genome. In order to address this challenge, RNA-sequencing analysis was performed on faba bean (cv. Wizard) leaves. Read alignment to the faba bean reference transcriptome identif...

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...

ଝ Consumo de habas (Vicia faba) y enfermedad de Parkinson: una fuente natural de L-dopa a tener en cuenta Dear Editor: Scientists know that broad beans (Vicia faba) contain enough L-dopa to be pharmacologically active on patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). It has been shown that these beans increase plasma levels of L-dopa and improve motor function. 1 We present the case of a patient with ...

a restriction-site analysis of chloroplast dna (cpdna) was carried out to evaluate the levelof diversity in vicia faba l. germplasm selected from different geographical regions using 11 restrictionendonucleases. we analyzed 214 restriction sites in 18 accessions of vicia faba. all of the accessionshad identical cpdnas, pointing out the ancestral character of all the accessions are of only one g...

Interspecific facilitation on phosphorus uptake was observed in faba bean/maize intercropping systems in previous studies. The mechanism behind this, however, remained unknown. Under nitrate supply, the difference in rhizosphere acidification potential was studied by directly measuring pH of the solution and by visualizing and quantifying proton efflux of roots between faba bean (Vicia faba L. ...