Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, India.
Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India.
Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Dec 17;21(24):9615. doi: 10.3390/ijms21249615.
Vegetable legumes are an essential source of carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals, along with health-promoting bioactive chemicals. The demand for the use of either fresh or processed vegetable legumes is continually expanding on account of the growing consumer awareness about their well-balanced diet. Therefore, sustaining optimum yields of vegetable legumes is extremely important. Here we seek to present d etails of prospects of underexploited vegetable legumes for food availability, accessibility, and improved livelihood utilization. So far research attention was mainly focused on pulse legumes' performance as compared to vegetable legumes. Wild and cultivated vegetable legumes vary morphologically across diverse habitats. This could make them less known, underutilized, and underexploited, and make them a promising potential nutritional source in developing nations where malnutrition still exists. Research efforts are required to promote underexploited vegetable legumes, for improving their use to feed the ever-increasing population in the future. In view of all the above points, here we have discussed underexploited vegetable legumes with tremendous potential; namely, vegetable pigeon pea (), cluster bean (), winged bean (), dolichos bean (, and cowpea (), thereby covering the progress related to various aspects such as pre-breeding, molecular markers, quantitative trait locus (QTLs), genomics, and genetic engineering. Overall, this review has summarized the information related to advancements in the breeding of vegetable legumes which will ultimately help in ensuring food and nutritional security in developing nations.
蔬菜豆科植物是碳水化合物、维生素和矿物质以及促进健康的生物活性化学物质的重要来源。由于消费者对均衡饮食的认识不断提高，对新鲜或加工蔬菜豆科植物的需求不断扩大。因此，保持蔬菜豆科植物的最佳产量非常重要。在这里，我们旨在介绍开发利用程度较低的蔬菜豆科植物在食品供应、可及性和改善生计利用方面的前景。到目前为止，研究重点主要集中在豆类蔬菜与蔬菜豆科植物的性能比较上。野生和栽培的蔬菜豆科植物在不同的生境中形态上存在差异。这可能使它们不太为人所知、利用不足和开发不足，使它们成为发展中国家有希望的潜在营养来源，在这些国家，营养不良仍然存在。需要开展研究工作，以促进开发利用程度较低的蔬菜豆科植物，提高其在未来养活不断增长的人口中的用途。鉴于上述所有观点，我们在这里讨论了具有巨大潜力的开发利用程度较低的蔬菜豆科植物，即蔬菜羽扇豆（）、兵豆（）、四棱豆（）、多花菜豆（和豇豆（），从而涵盖了与预育种、分子标记、数量性状位点（QTLs）、基因组学和遗传工程等各个方面相关的进展。总的来说，本综述总结了与蔬菜豆科植物育种相关的信息，这将有助于确保发展中国家的粮食和营养安全。
