ReviewPlanta2019
Bambara groundnut: an exemplar underutilised legume for resilience under climate change.
Review in Planta, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 176 citations in OpenAlex.
- Phenotyping Root and Shoot Traits for Drought Response in Bambara Groundnut (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Unravelling the Impact of Diverse Fermentation Techniques on Key Nutrient Absorption in Bambara Groundnut and African Yam Bean: A Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Improving annotation, access, and comparison of nutritional composition data for underutilized crops.Database : the journal of biological databases and curation · 2026Article
- Leveraging Africa's underutilized crops to combat climate change, water scarcity, and food insecurity in South Africa.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Application of machine learning and genomics for orphan crop improvement.Nature communications · 2025Review
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- The Kirkhouse Trust: Successes and Challenges in Twenty Years of Supporting Independent, Contemporary Grain Legume Breeding Projects in India and African Countries.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Forgotten Gems: Exploring the Untapped Benefits of Underutilized Legumes in Agriculture, Nutrition, and Environmental Sustainability.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Integrating genomics and genome editing for orphan crop improvement: a bridge between orphan crops and modern agriculture system.GM crops & food · 2023Review
- Deep histories of food systems in eastern Africa and current patterns of food insecurity.Nature food · 2023Review
- Genetic modification strategies for enhancing plant resilience to abiotic stresses in the context of climate change.Functional & integrative genomics · 2023Review
- Deciphering the molecular basis for photosynthetic parameters in Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) under drought stress.BMC plant biology · 2023Article
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- Nutritional, functional, and bioactive properties of african underutilized legumes.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Review
- Screening Bambara Groundnut (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Plant and Soil Core Mycobiomes in a Two-Year Sorghum-Legume Intercropping System of Underutilized Crops in South Africa.Microorganisms · 2022Article
- Nutritional Composition, Efficacy, and Processing ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Physicochemical Characteristics of Bambara Groundnut Speciality Malts and Extract.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Orphan legumes: harnessing their potential for food, nutritional and health security through genetic approaches.Planta · 2022Review
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19 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
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conclusionBambara groundnut has the potential to be used to contribute more the climate change ready agriculture. The requirement for nitrogen fixing, stress tolerant legumes is clear, particularly in low input agriculture. However, ensuring that existing negative traits are tackled and demand is stimulated through the development of markets and products still represents a challenge to making greater use of this legume. World agriculture is currently based on very limited numbers of crops, representing a significant risk to food supplies, particularly in the face of climate change which is expected to increase the frequency of extreme events. Minor and underutilised crops can help to develop a more resilient and nutritionally dense future agriculture. Bambara groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.[, as a drought resistant, nitrogen-fixing, legume has a role to play. However, as with most underutilised crops, there are significant gaps in knowledge and also negative traits such as 'hard-to-cook' and 'photoperiod sensitivity to pod filling' associated with the crop which future breeding programmes and processing methods need to tackle, to allow it to make a significant contribution to the well-being of future generations. The current review assesses these factors and also considers what are the next steps towards realising the potential of this crop.
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