Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is a major food source and fodder legume, popularly known for its high content of seed-protein. Its role is critical in crop rotation, and for fixing nitrogen effectively. Polymorphic simple sequence repeat markers from transcript sequences (cDNA; simple sequence repeat [SSR]) were developed for faba bean (Vicia faba). We found that 1,729 SSR loci from 81,333 individua...

Raw or germinated faba bean (Vicia faba minor var. Alameda) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum kabuli var. Athenas) seed meals were incorporated in essential amino acid-supplemented and energy-equalized diets for growing (65 (SD 1) g) male Wistar rats as the only sources of dietary protein. A lactalbumin-based diet was used as the control. Faecal dry weight and N excretion of animals fed legume-cont...

Allelopathic effects of the sunflower verities Helianthus annuus residues were evaluated on some soil properties and their potential against growth parameters proposed successive crops Wheat Triticum aestivumL., Broad Bean Vicia fabe L. Flax Linum UstatissmimL. Sunflower plants chopped incorporated with field after getting seed, then cultivated. The have reinforced macronutrients considered ess...

Cells lining the developing seed coats of legumes efflux photosynthates (mostly sucrose) and salts (mostly of potassium) into the apoplast for uptake by the developing embryo. These effluxes increase transiently in response to an increase in turgor in the effluxing cells. Detached coats of developing seed of P. haseolus vulgaris and Vicia faba were used to study the effects of turgor on the rat...

Natural populations of Boettcherisca (Sarcophaga) peregrina Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) were maintained for 20 generations and reared either on unpolluted diet or on polluted diet containing copper at a median lethal concentration (LC50) determined every five generations. This resulted in two reliable strains: the relative susceptible strain (S) and the copperresistant strain (R)...

This experiment was designed to evaluate the effects of the processing method of common vetch seed (CVS) (Vicia sativa) on laying performance, egg quality, metabolic parameters and liver histopatology during the peak production period in hens. Lohman layers, 46 wk of age in 6 replicate cages each containing 4 hens, were allocated randomly to one of four dietary treatments. Diets were control (C...