Ajesh J Nair

From Neglected to Next-Generation Crops: Breeding and Omics-Based Improvement of Underutilised Legumes

Ajesh J Nair, C. H. Anjali, M. S. Nivedhitha & G. Seeja · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2026

Underutilised legumes, a heterogeneous group encompassing Bambara groundnut, winged bean, moth bean, horse gram, grass pea, lablab, tepary bean, adzuki bean and rice bean, combine considerable environmental resilience and nutritional density with a long-standing shortage of genet...