Vol. 11, Issue 5 (2022)

Author(s):
Aman Tutlani, Banshidhar, Priyanka Jaiswal and Harmeet S Janeja

Abstract:
Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.), popularly known as green gram is a major pulse crop and cultivated worldwide on about 8 percent of the global cultivated area. Its production and productivity is severely affected by certain biotic and abiotic factors. Various plant breeders mainly concentrate on limiting the effects caused by abiotic and biotic stresses and understanding the phenomenon that act against in response to these stresses, to improve the yield and quality of the crops. Certain molecular and biochemical mechanism that are related with stress response provide information about the breeding programs that can be used by plant breeders for developing high yielding and resistance varieties. However, there are certain constraints that hinder the exact and error-free spotting of resistance sources. To overcome this limitation, researches have been conducted to ascertain the alterations in the expression of numerous defense related mechanisms in resistant and susceptible green gram varieties in response to various stress. This manuscript is a review of such research programmes that aimed at developing novel cultivars in Vigna radiata that show better tolerance to various biotic and abiotic stress.