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Breeding potentials of bambara groundnut for food and nutrition security in the face of climate change

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Title Breeding potentials of bambara groundnut for food and nutrition security in the face of climate change
 
Creator Olanrewaju, Opeyemi S.
Oyatomi, Olaniyi
Babalola, O.O.
Abberton, Michael
 
Subject climate change
food security
bambara groundnuts
grain legumes
nigeria
 
Description Constant production of quality food should be a norm in any community, but climate change, increasing population, and unavailability of land for farming affect food production. As a result, food scarcity is affecting some communities, especially in the developing world. Finding a stable solution to this problem is a major cause of concern for researchers. Synergistic application of molecular marker techniques with next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies can unlock the potentials hidden in most crop genomes for improving yield and food availability. Most crops such as Bambara groundnut (BGN), Winged bean, and African yam bean are underutilized. These underutilized crops can compete with the major crops such as cowpea, soybean, maize, and rice, in areas of nutrition, ability to withstand drought stress, economic importance, and food production. One of these underutilized crops, BGN [Vigna subterranea (L.), Verdc.], is an indigenous African legume and can survive in tropical climates and marginal soils. In this review, we focus on the roles of BGN and the
opportunities it possesses in tackling food insecurity and its benefits to local farmers.We will discuss BGN’s potential impact on global food production and how the advances in NGS technologies can enhance its production.
 
Date 2022-01
2022-05-19T15:22:31Z
2022-05-19T15:22:31Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Olanrewaju, O.S., Oyatomi, O., Babalola, O.O. & Abberton, M. (2022). Breeding potentials of bambara groundnut for food and nutrition security in the face of climate change. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12: 798993, 1-14.
1664-462X
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119590
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.798993
BIOTECH & PLANT BREEDING
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 1-14
application/pdf
 
Publisher Frontiers Media SA
 
Source Frontiers in Plant Science