Translational Genomics in Agriculture: Some Examples in Grain Legumes Rajeev K. Varshney, Himabindu Kudapa, Lekha Pazhamala, Annapurna Chitikineni, Mahendar Thudi, Abhishek Bohra, Pooran M. Gaur, Pasupuleti Janila, Asnake Fikre, Paul Kimurto & Noel Ellis a International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru–502324, India b The University of Western Australia, ...

In previous commentaries on earlier submissions of CRP 3.5, the ISPC highlighted the need to strengthen justification for a CRP on grain legumes (GLs) and the approach used to prioritize across crop species, regions and constraints in the context of delivering impact. Issues related to narrowing the focus (fewer product lines), clearer articulation and justification of impact pathways and more ...

Fifty four bacterial strains were isolated from root nodules of the grain legumes Cicer arietinum, Lens esculentus, Phaseolus vulgaris, Pisum sativum, and Vicia faba grown in cultivated lands of Beni-Suef Governorate (Egypt). Repetitive extragenic palindromic (REP)-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) clustered the strains into 15 REP-PCR groups. The nearly complete sequence of the 16S rRNA gene fro...

Transfer of the nitrogen and carbon of allantoin to amino acids and protein of leaflets, stems and petioles, apices, peduncles, pods, and seeds of detached shoots of nodulated cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp. cv. Caloona) plants was demonstrated following supply of [2-(14)C], [1,3-(15)N]allantoin in the transpiration stream. Throughout vegetative and reproductive growth all plant organs showe...

Introduction Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) is one of the important food legumes in countries like Bangladesh, India, and Ethiopia. It has desirable agronomic characteristics, notably the ability to resist adverse climatic conditions. Nutritionally it is tasty and protein-rich. However over consumption can cause an upper motor neuron disease known as neurolathyrism, an irreversible paraparesis of...

Host legumes can enrich their immediate soil environment with rhizobia through rhizosphere effects. The extent to which this enrichment occurs, the specificity of the process and its interaction with soil management factors remain poorly described. In a series of field trials, we measured changes in the size of indigenous populations of Bradyrhizobium in response to cropping of host and non-hos...

Ambient temperatures are predicted to rise in the future owing to several reasons associated with global climate changes. These temperature increases can result in heat stress- a severe threat to crop production in most countries. Legumes are well-known for their impact on agricultural sustainability as well as their nutritional and health benefits. Heat stress imposes challenges for legume cro...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The wild progenitors of the Near Eastern legumes have low germination rates mediated by hardseededness. Hence it was argued that cultivation of these wild legumes would probably result in no yield gain. Based on the meagre natural yield of wild lentil and its poor germination, it was suggested that wild Near Eastern grain legumes were unlikely to have been adopted for cultiv...