Table 1.
Patterns of abiotic and biotic stress resilience across the Vigna genus.
| Main region of distribution | Sections and gene pools | Total no. of taxa | Presence in extreme climates compared with other taxaa | Abiotic stress toleranceb | Biotic stress resistancec | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of taxa evaluated | High AMEANTd | High TWETQe | Low APf | Low PWETQg | No. of taxa screened | Dehydration | Salinity | No. of taxa reviewed | YMDh | No. of taxa reviewed | Bruchids | |||
| Asia | Section Aconitifoliae | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Asia | Section Angulares | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 9 |
| Asia | Section Ceratotropis | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Asia | Total gene pool A | 28 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 13 |
| Africa | Section Plectotropis | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | na | 1 | 1 |
| Africa | Section Pseudoliebrechtsia | 1 | 0 | na | na | na | na | 0 | na | na | 0 | na | 0 | na |
| Africa | Total gene pool B | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | na | 1 | 1 |
| Africa | Section Catiang | 20 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Africa | Section Macrodontae | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | na | na | 0 | na | 0 | na |
| Africa | Section Reticulatae | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | na | na | 0 | na | 1 | 1 |
| Africa | Total gene pool C | 28 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Africa | Section Vigna | 24 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | na | 2 | 2 |
| Africa | Total gene pool D | 24 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | na | 2 | 2 |
aData analysis obtained in the ecogeographic analysis of this study; bScreening for drought and salinity tolerance carried out by Iseki et al.11,16; cLiterature review carried out in this study; dAMEANT: Annual Mean Temperature; eTWETQ: Temperature in the Wettest Quarter; fAP: Annual Precipitation; gPWETQ: Precipitation in the Wettest Quarter; hYMD: Yellow Mosaic Disease; na: not applicable.