This chapter aims to review current knowledge of the main abiotic global constraints facing important food legume production, including drought, cold and heat stress, salinity, nutrient deficiency and toxicity, and waterlogging. It also summarizes selection criteria and available genetic resources for stress resistance under abiotic stress conditions.
This chapter focuses on efforts made to discover genes associated with abiotic stresses (such as drought, temperature stress, salinity and nutrient deficiency) and molecular breeding approaches for improvement of grain legumes, with a special emphasis on common bean.
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