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Muskmelon
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Onion
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HORT410 - Vegetable Crops

Other Economically Important Legumes

  • Arachis hypogaea L., Peanut

  • Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth, Pigeon pea

  • Canavalia ensiformis, Jack bean

  • Cicer arietinum, Chick-pea, also known as Egyptian pea, garbanzo bean, or Indian or Bengal gram

  • Glycine max (L.) Merr., Soybean

  • Lablab niger (L. purpureus; Dolichos lablab) (L.), Hyacinth bean

  • Lens culinaris, Lentil

  • Medicago sativa L., Alfalfa

  • Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, Winged bean

  • Trifolium spp., Clover

  • Vicia faba, Broad bean

  • Vigna aconitifolia, Moth bean

  • Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & Ohashi, Adzuki bean

  • Vigna angusculata, Southern pea

  • Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper, Black gram

  • Vigna radiata (L.) Wilcz. var. radiata (Phaseolus aureus), Mung bean

  • Vigna unguiculata, Cowpea, or black-eyed pea

  • Lupinus pubescens Benth., Lupin

    (see also: Chromosome Numbers & Countries of Origin of Major Vegetable Legumes and Fabaceae Images)

    Sources of information:

  • Phillips, R., Rix, M. "The Random House Book of Vegetables", Random House, NY (1993).
  • Kalloo, G. Pea, Pisum sativum L. In "Genetic Improvement of Vegetable Crops", (ed. G. Kalloo, B.O. Bergh), Pergamon Press, Oxford, U.K., pp. 409-425 (1993).
  • Som, M.G. Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. In "Genetic Improvement of Vegetable Crops", (ed. G. Kalloo, B.O. Bergh), Pergamon Press, Oxford, U.K., pp. 339-354 (1993).
  • Filippetti, A., Ricciardi, L. Faba bean, Vicia faba L. In "Genetic Improvement of Vegetable Crops", (ed. G. Kalloo, B.O. Bergh), Pergamon Press, Oxford, U.K., pp. 353-385 (1993).
  • Kalloo, G., Pandey, S.C. Hyacinth bean, Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet. In "Genetic Improvement of Vegetable Crops" (ed. G. Kalloo, B.O. Bergh), Pergamon Press, Oxford, U.K., pp. 387-389 (1993).
  • Baudoin, J.P. Lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus L. In "Genetic Improvement of Vegetable Crops", (ed. G. Kalloo, B.O. Bergh), Pergamon Press, Oxford, U.K., pp. 391-403 (1993).
  • Kalloo, G. Runner bean, Phaseolus coccineus L. In "Genetic Improvement of Vegetable Crops", (ed. G. Kalloo, B.O. Bergh), Pergamon Press, Oxford, U.K., pp. 405-407 (1993).
  • Brar, G.S.. Carter, T.E.Jr. Soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merrill. In "Genetic Improvement of Vegetable Crops", (ed. G. Kalloo, B.O. Bergh), Pergamon Press, Oxford, U.K., pp. 427-463 (1993).
  • Kalloo, G. Winged bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC. In "Genetic Improvement of Vegetable Crops", (ed. G. Kalloo, B.O. Bergh), Pergamon Press, Oxford, U.K., pp. 465-469 (1993).
  • Deshpande, S.S., Adsule, R.N. Garden pea. In "Handbook of Vegetable Science and Technology: Production, Composition, Storage, and Processing", (ed. D.K. Salunkhe, S.S. Kadam), Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY, pp. 433-456 (1998).
  • Adsule, R.N., Deshpande, S.S., Sathe, S.K. French bean. In "Handbook of Vegetable Science and Technology: Production, Composition, Storage, and Processing", (ed. D.K. Salunkhe, S.S. Kadam), Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY, pp. 457-469 (1998).
  • Kadam, S.S., Chavan, J.K. Other legumes. In "Handbook of Vegetable Science and Technology: Production, Composition, Storage, and Processing", (ed. D.K. Salunkhe, S.S. Kadam), Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY, pp. 471-492 (1998).

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