Cowpea: a legume crop for a challenging environment
The present review provides an overview of different aspects of cowpea, with a special emphasis on the molecular markers for assessing genetic diversity, as well as on biochemical and transcriptomic data with respect to evaluating cowpea drought stress tolerance. in Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Volume 97, Issue 13. Leia o trabalho...
European cowpea landraces for a more sustainable agriculture system and novel foods
Genetic diversity is fundamental to breeding programs and consequently has an important role in obtaining new varieties. To properly use the genetic diversity present in germplasm collections, a good knowledge of the agro‐morphological traits of each accession is needed. The aim of this study was to explore the production capacity of 24 cowpea landraces from...
Genetic diversity and structure of Iberian Peninsula cowpeas compared to world-wide cowpea accessions using high density SNP markers
The aims of this study were to explore diversity and the genetic structure of a set of Iberian Peninsula cowpea accessions in comparison to a worldwide collection and to infer possible dispersion routes of cultivated cowpea. in BMC Genomics volume 18, Article number: 891. Leia o trabalho completo aqui.
Chemometric analysis on free amino acids and proximate compositional data for selecting cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) diversity
Biodiversity of cowpea, along with the interesting agricultural and nutritional properties, has encouraged research with local landraces of Portugal. This work deals with the composition of dry beans of cowpea from 28 different Portuguese cultivars concerning dry matter (DM), crude proteins (CP), fat content (FC), ash, and concentration of free essential and non-essential amino acids....
Caracterização agro-morfológica de acessos de feijão-frade (Vigna unguiculata): bases para o melhoramento.
Com o objetivo de caracterizar uma coleção de 27 acessos portugueses de feijão-frade e 5 testemunhas procedeu-se à sua caracterização por parâmetros morfológicos e agronómicos com base em seis características qualitativas e onze quantitativas. in Revista de Ciências Agrárias 39, 4, pp.506-517. Leia o trabalho completo aqui.
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp), a renewed multipurpose crop for a more sustainable agri-food system: nutritional advantages and constraints
This review focusses on the nutritional and anti-nutritional composition of Vigna unguiculata L. Walp, an emerging crop all over the world intended to provide a rational support for the development of valuable foods and feeds of increased commercial value. in J Sci Food Agric. 96(9):2941-51. Leia o trabalho completo aqui.
Unravelling the nutriproteomics of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) seeds.
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an essential grain for human consumption owing to its high protein content, nutritional quality and energy-efficient production. The aim of this study was to compare the protein extracts of 24 chickpea genotypes by biochemically characterising the storage proteins. in Crop & Pasture Science, 68:1041–1051. Leia o trabalho completo aqui.
Biochemical, physiological and genetic analysis of aluminum tolerance of different rye species.
Rye (Secale cereale L.) is one of the most Al-tolerant cereal with a valuable genetic background for breeding purposes. Wild relatives (Secale spp.) have great importance once they can provide new sources of genes related to this trait. Different cellular disorders possibly related to Al tolerance/toxicity were observed through histochemical root staining methods in cultivated...
Aluminum tolerance in Secale species: genetic diversity, molecular mechanisms and gene characterization
Tese de Doutoramento de Elisabete Cristina Jesus dos Santos.
Characterization, genetic diversity, phylogenetic relationships, and expression of the aluminum tolerance MATE1 gene in Secale species.
The cDNA sequences, phylogenetic relationships, Al-tolerance, citrate exudation, and expression of the ScMATE1 gene were analyzed in several cultivars and wild species/subspecies of the Secale genus. in Biol Plant. 62 (1):109–120. Leia o trabalho completo aqui.