TABLE 1.
Examples of genetic resources in pulses.
| Speciesa,b | Genome size (Mbp)c | Examples of reported candidate genes and their functions | References | |
| Adzuki bean (Vigna angularis) | ∼538 | ACT and ZMPP | Waterlogging and biotic stresses | Chi et al. (2016) |
| Fbox, UBC and PTB | Salinity-alkalinity and drought stresses | |||
| Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) | ∼738 | CarLEA4 | Plant development and Abiotic stress | Gu et al. (2012) |
| CarERF116 | Abiotic stress | Deokar et al. (2015) | ||
| Aquaporin family | Biotic and abiotic stresses | Deokar and Tar’an (2016) | ||
| Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) | ∼588 | Co | Anthracnose resistance | Choudhary et al. (2018) |
| CLV2 | Flowering time variation | Raggi et al. (2019) | ||
| Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) | ∼587 | Dro | Stay-green | Muchero et al. (2013) |
| Fot3-1 | Fusarium wilt | Pottorff et al. (2012) | ||
| MYB113 | Black seed coat | Herniter et al. (2018) | ||
| Cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea) | ∼2,556 | BjNPR1 and Tfgd | Enhanced protection against Cercospora arachidicola and Aspergillus flavus | Sundaresha et al. (2016) |
| AtHDG11 | Salinity and drought stress | Banavath et al. (2018) | ||
| Faba bean (Vicia faba) | ∼13,000 | CHS and DOGT1 | Light adaptation | Yan et al. (2019) |
| Lentil (Lens culinaris) | ∼4,000 | MIP family | Boron tolerance | Sudheesh et al. (2016) |
| NBS-LRR and RLK | Ascochyta blight resistance | Sari et al. (2018) | ||
| Mung bean (Vigna radiata) | ∼540 | VrPGIP1 and VrPGIP2 | Bruchid resistance | Kaewwongwal et al. (2017) |
| Pea (Pisum sativum) | ∼5,000 | DREB2A | Drought tolerance | Jovanović et al. (2013) |
| MIo | Powdery mildew resistance | Mohapatra et al. (2016) | ||
| Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) | ∼858 | CcTFL1 | Determinacy | Mir et al. (2014) |
| Hsf | Heat response | Maibam et al. (2015) | ||
| WRKY family | Stress tolerance | Singh et al. (2019) | ||
| White lupin (Lupinus albus) | ∼924 | GI, FT and SEP | Flowering time variation | Rychel et al. (2019) |
aFAO (1994); bLegume Federation (https://www.legumefederation.org/en/species/); cNCBI, National Centre for Biotechnology Information (available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, accessed February 19, 2020).