TABLE 3.
Genome sequencing, protein coding genes and selected QTLs identified in underutilized legume.
| SL. No. | Name of the species | Chromosome number | Origin | Genome size | Protein coding genes | Trait | Mapping population | QTL | References |
| 1 | Adzuki bean (Vigna angularis var. angularis) | 2n = 2x = 22 | Asiatic origin | 612 mb | 26,857 | Seed size |
Vigna angularis × Vigna angularis var. nipponensis |
12 seed size related QTLs | (153) |
| 2 | Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranean) | 2n = 2x = 22 | West Africa, especially Nigeria | 535.05 mb | 31,707 | Internode length | IITA686 × Ankpa4, F2 263 | One major QTL | (154, 155) |
| 3 | Cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) | 2n = 2x = 14 | west Africa and India | 550.31 Mbp | 34,680 | NA | NA | NA | (156) |
| 4 | Dolichos bean (Lablab purpureus) | 2n = 2x = 22 | African origin | 395.47 Mb | 20,946 | NA | NA | NA | (154) |
| 5 | Horsegram (Macrotyloma uniflorum) | 2n = 20, 22 | Tropical southern Asia | 279.1 Mb | 24,521 | Drought and yield | HPK4 × HPKM249 (RIL,190) | qDFW01, qDFW02, qDTM01 | (157, 158) |
| 6 | Red clover (Trifolium pratense) | 2n = 2x = 14 | European origin | 418 Mbp | NA | NA | NA | NA | (159) |
| 7 | Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) | 2n = 2x = 22 | Sonoran Desert | 512,626,114 bp | 27,538 | NA | NA | NA | (160) |
| 8 | Common vetch (Vicia sativa) | 2n = 14 | Near Eastern centre of diversity | 1.8 Gb | 31,146 | NA | NA | NA | (161) |
| 9 | White lupin (Lupinus albus) | 2n = 50 | Mediterranean region | 451 Mb | 38,258 | Anthracnose | Kiev × P27174 F8, RIL | antr04_1,antr05_1,antr04_2, antr05_2 | (115) |
| 10 | Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) | 2n = 2x = 14 | Central Asia and Abyssinia origin | 59.7 kbp | 33,819 | NA | NA | NA | (162) |