Common bean wild relatives: untapped source of novel genetic resistance to stress factors
摘要
Several stress factors influence the yield of a key legume crop common bean. To pact with the food insecurity for future generations, there is a need to exploit crop wild relatives and landraces. Advanced methods of crop genetic improvement and identification of novel variations must be explored admirably for improving common bean cultivars. Crop sustainability despite changing climatic conditions and exposure to emerging or existing stress entities could be effectively met with the involvement of common bean wild relatives or landraces and closely related domesticated Phaseolus species in introgression programmes. Though a substantial sum of literature related to common bean origin and exploitation of wild relatives is available, the profound understanding of the concept is still edged. Here, efforts were made to compile information on the utilization of common bean wild relatives in crop procreation programmes.