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SUBMITTER: Munoz N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5343864 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Muñoz Nacira N Liu Ailin A Kan Leo L Li Man-Wah MW Lam Hon-Ming HM
International journal of molecular sciences 20170204 2
Challenged by population increase, climatic change, and soil deterioration, crop improvement is always a priority in securing food supplies. Although the production of grain legumes is in general lower than that of cereals, the nutritional value of grain legumes make them important components of food security. Nevertheless, limited by severe genetic bottlenecks during domestication and human selection, grain legumes, like other crops, have suffered from a loss of genetic diversity which is essen ...[more]