Designing Novel Strategies for Improving Old Legumes: An Overview from Common Vetch
Common vetch (<i>Vicia sativa</i> L.) is a grain legume used in animal feeding, rich in protein content, fatty acid, and mineral composition that makes for a very adequate component to enrich feedstuff. In addition, relevant pharmacological properties have been reported in humans. The co...
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| description | Common vetch (<i>Vicia sativa</i> L.) is a grain legume used in animal feeding, rich in protein content, fatty acid, and mineral composition that makes for a very adequate component to enrich feedstuff. In addition, relevant pharmacological properties have been reported in humans. The common vetch, similar to other legumes, can fix atmospheric nitrogen, a crucial feature for sustainable agricultural systems. These properties enhance the use of vetch as a cover crop and its sowing in intercropping systems. Moreover, several studies have recently pointed out the potential of vetch in the phytoremediation of contaminated soils. These characteristics make vetch a relevant crop, which different potential improvements target. Varieties with different yields, flowering times, shattering resistance, nutritional composition, rhizobacteria associations, drought tolerance, nitrogen fixation capacity, and other agronomic-relevant traits have been identified when different vetch accessions are compared. Recently, the analysis of genomic and transcriptomic data has allowed the development of different molecular markers to be used for assisted breeding purposes, promoting crop improvement. Here, we review the potential of using the variability of <i>V. sativa</i> genetic resources and new biotechnological and molecular tools for selecting varieties with improved traits to be used in sustainable agriculture systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a60ed2c03a954f98904de53c39d43b0b2023-11-17T13:21:33ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472023-03-01126127510.3390/plants12061275Designing Novel Strategies for Improving Old Legumes: An Overview from Common VetchElena Ramírez-Parra0Lucía De la Rosa1Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, (CBGP, UPM-INIA/CSIC) Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, SpainCentro de Recursos Fitogenéticos, (CRF-INIA/CSIC) Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Alcalá de Henares, 28805 Madrid, SpainCommon vetch (<i>Vicia sativa</i> L.) is a grain legume used in animal feeding, rich in protein content, fatty acid, and mineral composition that makes for a very adequate component to enrich feedstuff. In addition, relevant pharmacological properties have been reported in humans. The common vetch, similar to other legumes, can fix atmospheric nitrogen, a crucial feature for sustainable agricultural systems. These properties enhance the use of vetch as a cover crop and its sowing in intercropping systems. Moreover, several studies have recently pointed out the potential of vetch in the phytoremediation of contaminated soils. These characteristics make vetch a relevant crop, which different potential improvements target. Varieties with different yields, flowering times, shattering resistance, nutritional composition, rhizobacteria associations, drought tolerance, nitrogen fixation capacity, and other agronomic-relevant traits have been identified when different vetch accessions are compared. Recently, the analysis of genomic and transcriptomic data has allowed the development of different molecular markers to be used for assisted breeding purposes, promoting crop improvement. Here, we review the potential of using the variability of <i>V. sativa</i> genetic resources and new biotechnological and molecular tools for selecting varieties with improved traits to be used in sustainable agriculture systems.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/6/1275<i>Vicia sativa</i>common vetchbreedinglegumegenetic resources |
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| title | Designing Novel Strategies for Improving Old Legumes: An Overview from Common Vetch |
| title_full | Designing Novel Strategies for Improving Old Legumes: An Overview from Common Vetch |
| title_fullStr | Designing Novel Strategies for Improving Old Legumes: An Overview from Common Vetch |
| title_full_unstemmed | Designing Novel Strategies for Improving Old Legumes: An Overview from Common Vetch |
| title_short | Designing Novel Strategies for Improving Old Legumes: An Overview from Common Vetch |
| title_sort | designing novel strategies for improving old legumes an overview from common vetch |
| topic | <i>Vicia sativa</i> common vetch breeding legume genetic resources |
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