Table 2.

List of various legume genotypes with improved seed protein content.

Crop	Genotypes	Seed Protein Content	Source	References
Chickpea	ICC 5912	29.2%	ICRISAT, Patancheru, India	[78]
	LEGCA608, LEGCA609, LEGCA614, LEGCA619, LEGCA716	>22%	Cordoba	[84]
Common bean	J-216, FJIP-43	222 (J/L-146) to 330 (J-216); 180 (G11027A) to 311 (FJIP-43) g kg−1	Mexican state of Jalisco and Durango	[89]
	LR05	25.23%	Food Safety and Agricultural Research Center, Akdeniz University	[79]
	6-EX	23%	Santo Antônio de Goiás, Brazil	[90]
	Accession 4049	–	Portugal	[91]
Cowpea	HC-6, HC-5, CP-21, LST-II-C-12, CP-16, COVU-702, HC-98-64	26.7–27.9%	India	[86]
	TVu-2723, TVu-3638, TVu-2508	32.50%	Minjibir, Kano State, Nigeria	[77]
	MNC01-649F-2, BRS-Cauamé, BRS-Paraguaçu, BRS-Marataoã	27.4–28.3%	–	[88]
	“Early Scarlet” and 09-204	26.9–27.4%	Arkansas State (Fayetteville, Alma, Hope)	[92]
	Bengpla	40%	Dokpong and Bamahu near Wa, Ghana, South Africa, Taung	[93]
	PI662992, PI601085, PI255765, PI255774, PI666253	28.4–28.9%	Florida, Minnesota, Nigeria, Arkansas	[85]
	Vuli, Mamlaka, IT90K-59, Ngoji, TVU13953, 98K-5301		Tanzania, South Africa, Nigeria, South Africa, Nigeria	[34]
	Paulistinha	29.20%	Brazil	[87]
Faba bean	25 genotypes	28.43–29.68%	Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada	[94]
Grasspea	IC127616	32.20%	India	[95]
Lentil	L. orientalis	18.3–27.75%	India, IIPR, Kanpur	[96]
	L. ervoides	18.9–32.7%	India, IIPR, Kanpur	[96]
Mungbean	MGG330, Nagpuri	29.9% and 29.3%	India	[97]
Pea	PI206793, PI206801, PI206838, PI210619, PI210644, PI210675, PI210678, PI210684	>30%	Manitoba and Ontario, Canada	[98]
	Majoret	240.4 g kg−1	Grain Research Laboratory Winnipeg, Canada	[82]
	NGB 101293 Jordan	26.80%		[37]
	L1	317.63 g kg−1	Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops (Smederevska Palanka, Serbia)	[72]
Soybean	D76-8070	450 g kg−1	–	[99]
	BARC-6, BARC-7, BARC-8, BARC-9	–	–	[100]
	AC Proteus	–	Central Experimental Farm (Ottawa, ON) Canada	[101]
	TN03-350, TN04-5321	High protein content	Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, Tennessee, USA, USDA–ARS and the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service	[102]
	N6202′	–		[103]
	Lines developed from Kwangan- kong × Samnamkong and Danbaegkong × Samnam-kong	34.3–44.4% and 35.8–49.6%	Yeongnam Agricultural Research Institute (YARI), Milyang, Republic of Korea	[104]
	JIHJ117	53%	–	[105]
	17D derived population and M23 derived lines	382 and 403 g kg−1	University of Missouri Fisher Delta Research Center, Portageville, MO	[106]
	High-pro 1′ developed from Wyandot × GASF98-114	401 g kg−1	USDA Agricultural Service and Ohio Agricultural Research and Developmental Centre Wooster	[107]
	‘TN11-5102’	421 g kg−1 protein on a dry weight basis	University of Tennessee Agricultural Research	[108]
	PI407228	392.6–481.7 g kg−1	Central Crops Research Station in Clayton, NC, Bradford Farm in Columbia, Sandhills Research Station in Jackson Springs, NC	[109]
	R11-7999	439 g kg−1 (dry weight)	Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station	[110]
	Bioagro	–	–	[111]
	S16-5540GT	41.10%	University of Missouri–Fisher Delta Research Center Soybean Breeding Program	[112]