Table 2.

Legume germplasm holdings in major gene banks.

Crop	Global status	CG center	USDA	NBPGR,/India
Chickpea	98,285	33,359	7,000	14,704
Lentil	58,405	10,864	–	9,989
Vigna species	–	–	–	5,549
Common bean	261,963	35,891	–	1,514
Grass pea	26,066	3,225	–	2,797
Field pea	94,001	6,129	6,161	3,070
Cowpea	65,323	15,588	1,287	3,317
Pigeonpea	40,820	13,289	4,806	12,859
Faba bean	43,695	9,186	–	–
Others	183,078	13,690	–	19,579
Total	1,069,897	141,221		73,378

CG, Crop Genebanks; NBPGR, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, India; USDA, United States Department of Agriculture.