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Legumes secretly rely on zinc to manage nitrogen fixation. A new discovery of the zinc sensor FUN could transform crop yields and soil sustainability.
If you're following a vegan diet, you'll want to get plenty of protein from the foods you eat. This article offers a comprehensive chart of vegan protein sources.
Chickpeas, or garbanzo beans, are rich in nutrients and may provide many health benefits. Learn more about their nutritional content and how to use them.
As more people embrace veganism, ancient Indian legumes are being rediscovered as a sustainable source of protein. Grown for centuries, these legumes are the backbone of traditional diets ...
A new heating method using radio waves could make beans and peas easier to digest—without sacrificing nutrition. Credit: Shutterstock USask researchers discover radio frequency heating reduces ...
The Legume Phylogeny Working Group. 2013. Legume phylogeny and classification in the 21st century: progress, prospects and lessons for other species-rich clades.
Phylogeny of deduced PgHMGS, PgHMGR, PgMK, and PgMVD amino acid sequences along with other HMGS sequences; conserved protein motif 1–5 present in the variable region of PgHMGS, PgHMGR, PgMK, and PgMVD ...
The multistate perfect phylogeny problem is a classic problem in computational biology. When no perfect phylogeny exists, it is of interest to find a set of characters to remove in order to obtain a ...