With an explosive growth rate, especially in developing countries, the world population of 7.2 billion is expected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050. There is a need to produce about 70% more food to feed this predicted population. Legumes form important constituents of a vegetarian diet and are rich sources of dietary protein (Duranti and Gius, 1997). Legumes comprise the third largest family of fl...

Abstract Plants are stringent sources for the global food supply, and among them, legumes considered to be special ones since they have specific capability develop a symbiotic relationship with certain soil microorganisms (i.e., rhizobial community) which deliberately fix atmospheric nitrogen that is required further cellular synthesis. Biological fixation (BNF) by legume plants essential viabl...

Background: Legumes are plants that contain edible seeds and belong to the family Leguminosae with varying nutritional benefits to humans and animals. This study aimed to detect and identify toxicogenic molds on some legumes purchased from two local markets in Ho Municipality, Ghana. Methods: A total of 36 samples, including cowpea (n=9), soybean (n=9), brown bean (n=9), and Bambara bean (n=9)...

The food- and feed-value systems in the European Union are not protein self-sufficient. Despite potential of legume-supported production to reduce externalities caused by current cultivation practices (excessive use N fertilizer) improve sustainability arable cropping quality human diets, sufficient high-protein legume grains Europe has been achieved due multiple barriers. Identifying barriers ...

From an agronomic perspective, the interactions of phytoparasitic nematodes with leguminous crops can be devastating (Barker, 1998). On a cellular and molecular level, the complexities of the interactions of these microscopic worms with legumes are comparable to those of well-known symbionts (Mathesius, 2003). Because of their agricultural importance, the soybean cyst nematode Heterodera glycin...

Plant-based meat alternatives from grain legumes and oil crops are expected to play an increasing role in human nutrition. Several commercially available products use pea protein isolate as basis rapeseed lipid basis. The aim of the present study is estimate prospective area peas for plant-based EU. A simple calculation model employed assess impacts on land imported deforestation, case substitu...

Mutualistic interactions can strongly influence species invasions, as the inability to form successful mutualisms in an exotic range could hamper a host's invasion success. This barrier to invasion may be overcome if an invader either forms novel mutualistic associations or finds and associates with familiar mutualists in the exotic range. Here, we ask (1) does the community of rhizobial mutual...

Clovers (genus Trifolium) are widely cultivated across the world as forage legumes and make a large contribution to livestock feed production and soil improvement. Subterranean clover (T. subterraneum L.) is well suited for genomic and genetic studies as a reference species in the Trifolium genus, because it is an annual with a simple genome structure (autogamous and diploid), unlike the other ...