The increasing frequency of heat stress events due to climate change disrupts all stages of plant growth, significantly reducing yields, especially in crops like mung bean (Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPremise: Wild species are strategic sources of valuable traits to be introduced into crops through hybridization. For peanut, the 33 currently described wild species in the section Arachis are particularly important because of their sexual compatibility with the domesticated species, Arachis hypogaea. Although numerous wild accessions are carefully preserved in seed banks, their morphological similarities pose challenges to routine classification.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCultivated peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is a grain legume grown in many developing countries by smallholder farmers for food, feed, and/or income. The speciation of the cultivated species, that involved polyploidization followed by domestication, greatly reduced its variability at the DNA level.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCowpea ( L. Walp., 2 = 2 = 22) is a protein-rich crop that complements staple cereals for humans and serves as fodder for livestock.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThrips are major pests of peanut ( L.) worldwide, and they serve as vectors of devastating orthotospoviruses such as (TSWV) and (GBNV). A tremendous effort has been devoted to developing peanut cultivars with resistance to orthotospoviruses.
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