Beans with Benefits—The Role of Mungbean (Vigna Radiata) in a Changing Environment
American Journal of Plant Sciences, 2018, 9, 1577-1600 http://www.scirp.org/journal/ajps ISSN Online: 2158-2750 ISSN Print: 2158-2742 Beans with Benefits—The Role of Mungbean (Vigna radiata) in a Changing Environment Lisa Pataczek1, Zahir Ahmad Zahir2, Maqshoof Ahmad3, Saima Rani4, Ramakrishnan Nair5, Roland Schafleitner6, Georg Cadisch1, Thomas Hilger1 1Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics, Agronomy in the Tropics and Subtropics (490e), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany 2Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan 3University College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan 4Agricultural Economics Research Institute, PARC National Agricultural Research Center, Islamabad, Pakistan 5The World Vegetable Center South Asia, Hyderabad, India 6Biotechnology and Molecular Breeding, The World Vegetable Center, Taiwan How to cite this paper: Pataczek, L., Zahir, Abstract Z.A., Ahmad, M., Rani, S., Nair, R., Schaf- leitner, R., Cadisch, G. and Hilger, T. Dryland areas are experiencing low agricultural yields due to severe water (2018) Beans with Benefits—The Role of shortages and salinity, leading to food scarcity. Mungbean (Vigna radiata) is Mungbean (Vigna radiata) in a Changing gaining attention as a short-season crop that can tolerate dryland conditions, Environment. American Journal of Plant and fix atmospheric nitrogen, decreasing soil nutrient depletion. It is a source Sciences, 9, 1577-1600. https://doi.org/10.4236/ajps.2018.97115 of high-quality protein for human consumption and can serve as a multipur- pose crop, if harvest residues are used as fodder or green manure. However, Received: May 22, 2018 little of this legume’s potential has been explored.
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