Advances in Genetic Improvement of Legumes to Biotic Stresses

The utility and demand of legumes are increasing unremittingly every year within the ever-growing populations especially within the vegetarian people over the world owing to its richness in proteins. However, biotic stresses are major factors in limiting legumes productivity especially in the Indian...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Mamta, Tarfdar, Avijit, Ghosh, Raju, Rao, K. Mediga, Srinivas, K., Varshney, Rajeev K.
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Group 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179285
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author Sharma, Mamta
Tarfdar, Avijit
Ghosh, Raju
Rao, K. Mediga
Srinivas, K.
Varshney, Rajeev K.
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Rao, K. Mediga
Sharma, Mamta
Srinivas, K.
Tarfdar, Avijit
Varshney, Rajeev K.
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Ghosh, Raju
Rao, K. Mediga
Srinivas, K.
Varshney, Rajeev K.
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description The utility and demand of legumes are increasing unremittingly every year within the ever-growing populations especially within the vegetarian people over the world owing to its richness in proteins. However, biotic stresses are major factors in limiting legumes productivity especially in the Indian subcontinent and African continent. Global distribution and occurrence of various biotic stresses in legumes are well-documented. Among them, 50% of the diseases are caused by fungal pathogens and 38% by viral pathogens. Under changing climate scenario, various minor diseases are becoming major barriers in way for achieving high yields. Furthermore, the pathogens are becoming more aggressive. Resistant cultivars are widely recognized as the most efficient, safe, and economical method for management, and in the past few decades, a considerable care is being taken in legume protection strategies, and the production of legumes has increased magnificently, and disease-resistant varieties play a major role in that. In this chapter, we tried to collate the information about major diseases in legume crops, their worldwide distribution, and economic losses due to them. Some emerging challenges under changing climate have also been described including use of new tools and technologies that can play a key role in transforming legume-farming system for narrowing the yield gaps.
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spelling CGSpace1792852025-12-24T14:23:46Z Advances in Genetic Improvement of Legumes to Biotic Stresses Sharma, Mamta Tarfdar, Avijit Ghosh, Raju Rao, K. Mediga Srinivas, K. Varshney, Rajeev K. legume crops biotic stress crop management farming systems disease resistance The utility and demand of legumes are increasing unremittingly every year within the ever-growing populations especially within the vegetarian people over the world owing to its richness in proteins. However, biotic stresses are major factors in limiting legumes productivity especially in the Indian subcontinent and African continent. Global distribution and occurrence of various biotic stresses in legumes are well-documented. Among them, 50% of the diseases are caused by fungal pathogens and 38% by viral pathogens. Under changing climate scenario, various minor diseases are becoming major barriers in way for achieving high yields. Furthermore, the pathogens are becoming more aggressive. Resistant cultivars are widely recognized as the most efficient, safe, and economical method for management, and in the past few decades, a considerable care is being taken in legume protection strategies, and the production of legumes has increased magnificently, and disease-resistant varieties play a major role in that. In this chapter, we tried to collate the information about major diseases in legume crops, their worldwide distribution, and economic losses due to them. Some emerging challenges under changing climate have also been described including use of new tools and technologies that can play a key role in transforming legume-farming system for narrowing the yield gaps. 2025-08-18 2025-12-24T14:23:45Z 2025-12-24T14:23:45Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179285 en Limited Access Taylor & Francis Group Sharma, M., Tarfdar, A., Ghosh, R., Rao, M.K., Srinivas, K. and Varshney, R.K. 2025. Advances in Genetic Improvement of Legumes to Biotic Stresses. IN: Chakrabarty, P.K., Mondal, K.K., Saharan, M.S., Mayee, C.D. and Kumar, J. (eds.), Advances in Plant Disease Management Volume II. First edition. Chapter 12. USA: CRC Press.
spellingShingle legume crops
biotic stress
crop management
farming systems
disease resistance
Sharma, Mamta
Tarfdar, Avijit
Ghosh, Raju
Rao, K. Mediga
Srinivas, K.
Varshney, Rajeev K.
Advances in Genetic Improvement of Legumes to Biotic Stresses
title Advances in Genetic Improvement of Legumes to Biotic Stresses
title_full Advances in Genetic Improvement of Legumes to Biotic Stresses
title_fullStr Advances in Genetic Improvement of Legumes to Biotic Stresses
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title_short Advances in Genetic Improvement of Legumes to Biotic Stresses
title_sort advances in genetic improvement of legumes to biotic stresses
topic legume crops
biotic stress
crop management
farming systems
disease resistance
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179285
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