Breeding and Cultivation Management of Legumes, Volume II
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Physiology and Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 4308
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Legumes make up one of the most diverse groups of agronomically important plant species. Exploiting their characteristics on different levels will help to improve available genetic resources by employing advanced breeding approaches and assessing promising cultivation management practices. The Special issue of Plants on Breeding and Cultivation Management of Legumes provides a unique opportunity to publish results related to key trait-related aspects for genetic, genomic, morphologic, agronomic, metabolomic, and other omics improvements, as well as the breeding of diverse legume species and their efficient cultivation management strategies. Much remains to be discovered, and it would be of great importance to contribute your scientific findings to accelerate the breeding, agronomic performance, and sustainability of different legumes around the world.
Dr. Barbara Pipan
Dr. Vladimir Meglič
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- legume germplasm
- diversity
- selection
- superior traits
- agronomic performance
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- Breeding and Cultivation Management of Legumes in Plants (15 articles)
Planned Papers
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Title: Comparative assessment of morphology, anatomy and phylogeny of two exceptionally rare narrow endemic Tephrosia spp. (Leguminosae) from the Indian subcontinent
Authors: Akash Vanzara1 , Gagandeep Kaur Bhambra2 , Dr. Padamnabhi S. Nagar3
Affiliation: 1, 2, 3 Department of Botany, Faculty of science, The Maharaja Sayajiro University of Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
Abstract: Leguminosae is the third most abundant family of angiosperm in the world, and have a distinct difference that serves to identify and differentiate closely related species. Among 650 genera and 18,000 species of Indian legumes, Tephrosia is the most emerged genus, of which two endangered and narrow endemic species Tephrosia jamnagarensis Sant and T. colina var. lanuginocarpa Sharma, possess a greater challenges for biological, ecological, and competitive improvement than other plants. Both the species are very unique and only found in a few isolated pockets of Gujarat around the globe. Therefore, in light of this, the present outcomes aims to understand how morphological, anatomical, and genetically both species vary based on their variability nature are contextualized in an Indian context. Studies carried out on Morpho-anatomical observations and classical taxonomic approaches, such as the axillary cyme vs terminal raceme in T. jamnagarensis vs T. colina var. lanuginocarpa Sharma, the corolla being 4.5 cm long vs 1.5 cm long, the wings being 5.5 cm long vs 1.40 cm long, the keel being 3.4 cm long vs 1.5 cm long. First, ever genetic identity of the plants was assessed by using matK gene of the rbcl chloroplast region, and phylogenetic trees were constructed using sister clade separation. Sequences of both the plant species and others species of the genus which are found in India were submitted to NCBI and the embryonic stage of seeds were used to examine seed morphology and propagation.