Genetic behavior for yield and its components in faba bean (Vicia faba) under different plant spacing

Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) maintain third place with respect to area and production among legume. Its unique ability to excel under all most all type of climatic conditions, it is one of the best performing crops under changing climate scenario. Its soil fertility augmenting potential and their performance was evaluated for two years with 73 accessions collected from Bihar. This study provides glimpses of scope and magnitude of soil fertility improving potential of faba bean (Vicia faba L.)

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Functional properties of faba bean (Vicia faba) protein flour dried by spray drying and freeze drying

Journal of Food Engineering ◽

10.1016/s0260-8774(98)00061-2 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

pp. 303-310 ◽

Cited By ~ 41

Author(s):

E. Cepeda ◽

M.C. Villarán ◽

N. Aranguiz

Keyword(s):

Spray Drying ◽

Vicia Faba ◽

Functional Properties ◽

Faba Bean ◽

Freeze Drying ◽

Protein Flour

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Identification of tolerance to metribuzin and imazethapyr herbicides in faba bean ( Vicia faba L.)

Crop Science ◽

10.1002/csc2.20474 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Lynn Abou Khater ◽

Fouad Maalouf ◽

Somanagouda B. Patil ◽

Rind Balech ◽

Diana Nacouzi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Vicia Faba ◽

Faba Bean ◽

Vicia Faba L

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VfODB: a comprehensive database of ESTs, EST-SSRs, mtSSRs, microRNA-target markers and genetic maps in Vicia faba

AoB Plants ◽

10.1093/aobpla/plaa064 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

Author(s):

Morad M Mokhtar ◽

Ebtissam H A Hussein ◽

Salah El-Din S El-Assal ◽

Mohamed A M Atia

Keyword(s):

Vicia Faba ◽

Faba Bean ◽

Expressed Sequence Tags ◽

Genetic Linkage ◽

Genetic Maps ◽

Linkage Maps ◽

Microrna Target ◽

Genetic Linkage Maps ◽

Expressed Sequence ◽

Simple Sequence

Abstract Faba bean (Vicia faba) is an essential food and fodder legume crop worldwide due to its high content of proteins and fibres. Molecular markers tools represent an invaluable tool for faba bean breeders towards rapid crop improvement. Although there have historically been few V. faba genome resources available, several transcriptomes and mitochondrial genome sequence data have been released. These data in addition to previously developed genetic linkage maps represent a great resource for developing functional markers and maps that can accelerate the faba bean breeding programmes. Here, we present the Vicia faba Omics database (VfODB) as a comprehensive database integrating germplasm information, expressed sequence tags (ESTs), expressed sequence tags-simple sequence repeats (EST-SSRs), and mitochondrial-simple sequence repeats (mtSSRs), microRNA-target markers and genetic maps in faba bean. In addition, KEGG pathway-based markers and functional maps are integrated as a novel class of annotation-based markers/maps. Collectively, we developed 31 536 EST markers, 9071 EST-SSR markers and 3023 microRNA-target markers based on V. faba RefTrans V2 mining. By mapping 7940 EST and 2282 EST-SSR markers against the KEGG pathways database we successfully developed 107 functional maps. Also, 40 mtSSR markers were developed based on mitochondrial genome mining. On the data curation level, we retrieved 3461 markers representing 12 types of markers (CAPS, EST, EST-SSR, Gene marker, INDEL, Isozyme, ISSR, RAPD, SCAR, RGA, SNP and SSR), which mapped across 18 V. faba genetic linkage maps. VfODB provides two user-friendly tools to identify, classify SSR motifs and in silico amplify their targets. VfODB can serve as a powerful database and helpful platform for faba bean research community as well as breeders interested in Genomics-Assisted Breeding.

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Enhanced Abiotic Stress Tolerance of Vicia faba L. Plants Heterologously Expressing the PR10a Gene from Potato

Plants ◽

10.3390/plants10010173 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 173

Author(s):

Abeer F. Desouky ◽

Ahmed H. Ahmed ◽

Hartmut Stützel ◽

Hans-Jörg Jacobsen ◽

Yi-Chen Pao ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Salt Stress ◽

Abiotic Stress ◽

Stress Tolerance ◽

Vicia Faba ◽

Faba Bean ◽

Abiotic Stress Tolerance ◽

Wild Type ◽

Stress Injury ◽

Bean Plants ◽

Vicia Faba L

Pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins are known to play relevant roles in plant defense against biotic and abiotic stresses. In the present study, we characterize the response of transgenic faba bean (Vicia faba L.) plants encoding a PR10a gene from potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) to salinity and drought. The transgene was under the mannopine synthetase (pMAS) promoter. PR10a-overexpressing faba bean plants showed better growth than the wild-type plants after 14 days of drought stress and 30 days of salt stress under hydroponic growth conditions. After removing the stress, the PR10a-plants returned to a normal state, while the wild-type plants could not be restored. Most importantly, there was no phenotypic difference between transgenic and non-transgenic faba bean plants under well-watered conditions. Evaluation of physiological parameters during salt stress showed lower Na+-content in the leaves of the transgenic plants, which would reduce the toxic effect. In addition, PR10a-plants were able to maintain vegetative growth and experienced fewer photosystem changes under both stresses and a lower level of osmotic stress injury under salt stress compared to wild-type plants. Taken together, our findings suggest that the PR10a gene from potato plays an important role in abiotic stress tolerance, probably by activation of stress-related physiological processes.

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Exogenous Auxin-Mediated Salt Stress Alleviation in Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.)

Agronomy ◽

10.3390/agronomy11030547 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 547

Author(s):

Arafat Abdel Hamed Abdel Latef ◽

Md. Tahjib-Ul-Arif ◽

Mohammad Saidur Rhaman

Keyword(s):

Salt Stress ◽

Vicia Faba ◽

Faba Bean ◽

Stress Responses ◽

Foliar Application ◽

Soluble Sugar ◽

Principal Component ◽

Vicia Faba L ◽

Catalase Peroxidase ◽

Amino Acid Contents

Auxin not only controls the development processes, but also regulates the stress responses of plants. In this investigation, we explored the potential roles of exogenously applied indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) in conferring salt tolerance in the faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Our results showed that foliar application of IAA (200 ppm) to salt-exposed (60 mM and 150 mM NaCl) plants promoted growth, which was evidenced by enhanced root–stem traits. IAA application ensured better osmotic protection in salt-stressed plants which was supported by reduced proline and enhanced soluble sugar, soluble protein, and total free amino acid contents in the roots, stem, and seeds. IAA application also increased the number of nodules in salt-stressed plants, which may facilitate better nitrogen assimilation. Moreover, IAA mediated improvements in mineral homeostasis (K+, Ca2+, and Mg2+) and the translocation of Na+, while it also inhibited excessive accumulation of Na+ in the roots. Salt-induced oxidative damage resulted in increased accumulation of malondialdehyde, whereas IAA spraying relegated malondialdehyde by improving antioxidant enzymes, including superoxide dismutase, catalase, peroxidase, and ascorbate peroxidase. Together, these results together with a principal component analysis uncovered that foliar spraying of IAA alleviated the antagonistic effects of salt stress via enhancing osmolyte accumulation, ionic homeostasis, and antioxidant activity. Finally, exogenous IAA enhanced the yield of broad beans under high salinity conditions.

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