Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXV, Issue 1
Written by Creola BREZEANU, Petre Marian BREZEANU, Mariana CALARA, Silvica AMBĂRUŞ, Tina Oana CRISTEA
The study addresses the major role of grain legumes in relation to the main challenges of agricultural sector as biodiversity conservation, soil fertility, use of resources on agro food chain, human and environment health. The focus was on species Phaseolus vulgaris, Ph. coccineus, Lathyrus sativus, Vigna radiata, Pisum sativum, Vicia faba, Cicer arietinum, Lens culinaris. The study included ample documentation related to recently developed EU new protein plan and H2020 currently developed projects focused on the paramount potential of food legume species in (1) sustainable agriculture - modern (inter)cropping schemes designed to reduce use of external inputs (2) agrobiodiversity and conservation - a vast amount of leguminous genetic resources hosted by different institutes in frame of major collections and strategies to make the resources available and useful for different end user categories (3) food security and human health - human plant protein intake is on the rise in many EU regions, presently is taking place a re-evaluation for useful effects of consumption in the diet, which is the basis for various health.
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