Exploring Unique Physiological and Genetic Features of Desert-dwelling Legumes
<p dir="ltr">The widespread Fabaceae family is the third largest group of flowering plants, thriving across diverse seasonal and climatic conditions, including arid, harsh desert regions. Legumes are always meeting consumers’ preferences because of their high protein content, oil-pro...
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| الملخص: | <p dir="ltr">The widespread Fabaceae family is the third largest group of flowering plants, thriving across diverse seasonal and climatic conditions, including arid, harsh desert regions. Legumes are always meeting consumers’ preferences because of their high protein content, oil-producing grains (soybeans, peanuts), and incredible therapeutic properties. Moreover, the exceptional symbiotic relationship with Rhizobium and other beneficial soil microbes contributes to environmental N2 fixation in the form of root nodules and improves soil fertility. Similar to other desert plant species, legumes have acquired multiple survival mechanisms, including physiological and genetic alterations, to inhabit the desert environment. However, recent climatic disasters and civilization practices are deteriorating the soil quality and vegetative lands, resulting in decreased plant growth and yield, negatively affecting human health and dietary habits. Other than many ornamental and garden plants, <i>Acacia spp., Astragalus spp., Cassia spp., Alhagi spp., Ceratonia siliqua, Cicer arietinum, Prosopis cineraria, Cyamopsis tetragonoloba, </i>and <i>Vigna aconitifolia</i> are the most recognizable desert legumes. Unfortunately, despite having significant beneficial and commercial properties, research initiatives associated with desert legumes are somewhat neglected. Therefore, in the present study, we attempted to explore and maximize the information on morphological, anatomical, and physiological properties of desert legumes and the contribution of symbiosis with rhizobacteria to withstand severe abiotic stressors and environmental challenges. Additionally, we portrayed interventions using advanced biotechnological tools, such as Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and OMICs-based approaches, including genomics and transcriptomics, to enhance the stress tolerance mechanisms of desert legumes. Our presented work will support several crop improvement programs to design research strategies ensuring improved environmental stress tolerance to legumes and non-legumes and eventually address the world food insecurity to a great extent.</p><h2 dir="ltr">Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Conference information: 18th Edition of the Qatar University Life Sciences Symposium Bio-Environment: Advances and Innovations. (26 - 27 Nov 2025, Qatar University, Doha - Qatar)<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a></p><p dir="ltr">See the conference information on the organizer's website: <a href="https://www.qu.edu.qa/en-us/conference/QULSS2025/Pages/default.aspx" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.qu.edu.qa/en-us/conference/QULSS2025/Pages/default.aspx</a></p> |
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