Unraveling Origin, History, Genetics, and Strategies for Accelerated Domestication and Diversification of Food Legumes

Domestication is a dynamic and ongoing process of transforming wild species into cultivated species by selecting desirable agricultural plant features to meet human needs such as taste, yield, storage, and cultivation practices. Human plant domestication began in the Fertile Crescent around 12,000 y...

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Main Authors: A, Ambika, Aski, Muraleedhar, G, Gayacharan, Hamwieh, Aladdin, Talukdar, Akshay, Gupta, Santosh Kumar, Sharma, Brij Bihari, Joshi, Rekha, Upadhyaya, Hari D., Singh, Kuldeep, Kumar, Rajendra
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Published: Frontiers Media 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127016
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author A, Ambika
Aski, Muraleedhar
G, Gayacharan
Hamwieh, Aladdin
Talukdar, Akshay
Gupta, Santosh Kumar
Sharma, Brij Bihari
Joshi, Rekha
Upadhyaya, Hari D.
Singh, Kuldeep
Kumar, Rajendra
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Aski, Muraleedhar
G, Gayacharan
Gupta, Santosh Kumar
Hamwieh, Aladdin
Joshi, Rekha
Kumar, Rajendra
Sharma, Brij Bihari
Singh, Kuldeep
Talukdar, Akshay
Upadhyaya, Hari D.
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Aski, Muraleedhar
G, Gayacharan
Hamwieh, Aladdin
Talukdar, Akshay
Gupta, Santosh Kumar
Sharma, Brij Bihari
Joshi, Rekha
Upadhyaya, Hari D.
Singh, Kuldeep
Kumar, Rajendra
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description Domestication is a dynamic and ongoing process of transforming wild species into cultivated species by selecting desirable agricultural plant features to meet human needs such as taste, yield, storage, and cultivation practices. Human plant domestication began in the Fertile Crescent around 12,000 years ago and spread throughout the world, including China, Mesoamerica, the Andes and Near Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa, and eastern North America. Indus valley civilizations have played a great role in the domestication of grain legumes. Crops, such as pigeon pea, black gram, green gram, lablab bean, moth bean, and horse gram, originated in the Indian subcontinent, and Neolithic archaeological records indicate that these crops were first domesticated by early civilizations in the region. The domestication and evolution of wild ancestors into today’s elite cultivars are important contributors to global food supply and agricultural crop improvement. In addition, food legumes contribute to food security by protecting human health and minimize climate change impacts. During the domestication process, legume crop species have undergone a severe genetic diversity loss, and only a very narrow range of variability is retained in the cultivars. Further reduction in genetic diversity occurred during seed dispersal and movement across the continents. In general, only a few traits, such as shattering resistance, seed dormancy loss, stem growth behavior, flowering–maturity period, and yield traits, have prominence in the domestication process across the species. Thus, identification and knowledge of domestication responsive loci were often useful in accelerating new species’ domestication. The genes and metabolic pathways responsible for the significant alterations that occurred as an outcome of domestication might aid in the quick domestication of novel crops. Further, recent advances in “omics” sciences, gene-editing technologies, and functional analysis will accelerate the domestication and crop improvement of new crop species without losing much genetic diversity. In this review, we have discussed about the origin, center of diversity, and seed movement of major food legumes, which will be useful in the exploration and utilization of genetic diversity in crop improvement. Further, we have discussed about the major genes/QTLs associated with the domestication syndrome in pulse crops and the future strategies to improve the food legume crops.
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spelling CGSpace1270162026-01-15T02:08:03Z Unraveling Origin, History, Genetics, and Strategies for Accelerated Domestication and Diversification of Food Legumes A, Ambika Aski, Muraleedhar G, Gayacharan Hamwieh, Aladdin Talukdar, Akshay Gupta, Santosh Kumar Sharma, Brij Bihari Joshi, Rekha Upadhyaya, Hari D. Singh, Kuldeep Kumar, Rajendra diversification food security health nutrition domestication evolution goal 2 zero hunger domestication syndrome pulse crop divergence Domestication is a dynamic and ongoing process of transforming wild species into cultivated species by selecting desirable agricultural plant features to meet human needs such as taste, yield, storage, and cultivation practices. Human plant domestication began in the Fertile Crescent around 12,000 years ago and spread throughout the world, including China, Mesoamerica, the Andes and Near Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa, and eastern North America. Indus valley civilizations have played a great role in the domestication of grain legumes. Crops, such as pigeon pea, black gram, green gram, lablab bean, moth bean, and horse gram, originated in the Indian subcontinent, and Neolithic archaeological records indicate that these crops were first domesticated by early civilizations in the region. The domestication and evolution of wild ancestors into today’s elite cultivars are important contributors to global food supply and agricultural crop improvement. In addition, food legumes contribute to food security by protecting human health and minimize climate change impacts. During the domestication process, legume crop species have undergone a severe genetic diversity loss, and only a very narrow range of variability is retained in the cultivars. Further reduction in genetic diversity occurred during seed dispersal and movement across the continents. In general, only a few traits, such as shattering resistance, seed dormancy loss, stem growth behavior, flowering–maturity period, and yield traits, have prominence in the domestication process across the species. Thus, identification and knowledge of domestication responsive loci were often useful in accelerating new species’ domestication. The genes and metabolic pathways responsible for the significant alterations that occurred as an outcome of domestication might aid in the quick domestication of novel crops. Further, recent advances in “omics” sciences, gene-editing technologies, and functional analysis will accelerate the domestication and crop improvement of new crop species without losing much genetic diversity. In this review, we have discussed about the origin, center of diversity, and seed movement of major food legumes, which will be useful in the exploration and utilization of genetic diversity in crop improvement. Further, we have discussed about the major genes/QTLs associated with the domestication syndrome in pulse crops and the future strategies to improve the food legume crops. 2023-01-12T23:52:19Z 2023-01-12T23:52:19Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127016 en Open Access application/pdf Frontiers Media Ambika A, Muraleedhar Aski, Gayacharan G, Aladdin Hamwieh, Akshay Talukdar, Santosh Kumar Gupta, Brij Bihari Sharma, Rekha Joshi, Hari D. Upadhyaya, Kuldeep Singh, Rajendra Kumar. (22/7/2022). Unraveling Origin, History, Genetics, and Strategies for Accelerated Domestication and Diversification of Food Legumes. Frontiers in Genetics, 13.
spellingShingle diversification
food security
health
nutrition
domestication
evolution
goal 2 zero hunger
domestication syndrome
pulse crop
divergence
A, Ambika
Aski, Muraleedhar
G, Gayacharan
Hamwieh, Aladdin
Talukdar, Akshay
Gupta, Santosh Kumar
Sharma, Brij Bihari
Joshi, Rekha
Upadhyaya, Hari D.
Singh, Kuldeep
Kumar, Rajendra
Unraveling Origin, History, Genetics, and Strategies for Accelerated Domestication and Diversification of Food Legumes
title Unraveling Origin, History, Genetics, and Strategies for Accelerated Domestication and Diversification of Food Legumes
title_full Unraveling Origin, History, Genetics, and Strategies for Accelerated Domestication and Diversification of Food Legumes
title_fullStr Unraveling Origin, History, Genetics, and Strategies for Accelerated Domestication and Diversification of Food Legumes
title_full_unstemmed Unraveling Origin, History, Genetics, and Strategies for Accelerated Domestication and Diversification of Food Legumes
title_short Unraveling Origin, History, Genetics, and Strategies for Accelerated Domestication and Diversification of Food Legumes
title_sort unraveling origin history genetics and strategies for accelerated domestication and diversification of food legumes
topic diversification
food security
health
nutrition
domestication
evolution
goal 2 zero hunger
domestication syndrome
pulse crop
divergence
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127016
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