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Potential of genomics for the improvement of underutilized legumes in sub-Saharan Africa

dc.contributor.authorPaliwal, R.
dc.contributor.authorAdegboyega, T.T.
dc.contributor.authorAbberton, M.
dc.contributor.authorFaloye, B.
dc.contributor.authorOyatomi, O.
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-02T12:44:02Z
dc.date.available2022-02-02T12:44:02Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationPaliwal, R., Adegboyega, T.T., Abberton, M., Faloye, B. & Oyatomi, O. (2021). Potential of genomics for the improvement of underutilized legumes in sub‐Saharan Africa. Legume Science, 1-16.
dc.identifier.issn2639-6181
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7341
dc.description.abstractUnderutilized, or orphan legumes, are widely distributed across farming landscapes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) but often have low yields and do not fulfill their potential due to very limited research, breeding, development, marketing, and awareness of their benefits. These advantages include nutritional quality and climate resilience. In this review, we focus on Bambara groundnut, African yam bean, and Kersting's groundnut. Knowledge of the challenges and rewards of exploiting them will provide opportunities for concerted approaches to their revival and contribution to future global food systems, especially in the context of climate change. This review identifies the institutional and noninstitutional challenges, the constraints, the prospects, and the rewards that can be derived from exploiting orphan legumes in SSA. The genetic resources center (GRC) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) conserves a diverse collection of about 2500 accessions of these crops with the majority from Africa. In this review, we focus on the ex situ conservation of the genetic resources of these indigenous African legume crops, their characterization and evaluation, prospects for the development of improved cultivars, and the role they could play, particularly with respect to nutrition and adaptation to climate change. We emphasize progress made in recent years concerning the assembly of information required for application of genomics tools to these crops and how this will underpin the development of improved varieties.
dc.description.sponsorshipCGIAR
dc.description.sponsorshipGlobal Crop Diversity Trust
dc.format.extent1-16
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectBreeding
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subjectFoods
dc.subjectNutrition
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectGenetic Resources
dc.subjectGenomics
dc.titlePotential of genomics for the improvement of underutilized legumes in sub-Saharan Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpGrain Legumes
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeBiotech and Plant Breeding
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidPALIWAL:2021
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR Single Centre
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectClimate Change
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectGrain Legumes
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Genetic Resources
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.journalLegume Science
cg.notesOpen Access Journal; Published online: 03 Jan 2021
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1002/leg3.69
cg.iitaauthor.identifierMichael Abberton: 0000-0003-2555-9591
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