Effects of short-term water deficit stress on physiological characteristics of Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea(L.) Verdc.)

Bambara groundnut: an exemplar underutilised legume for resilience under climate change

“…Bambara groundnut exhibits all three drought tolerance mechanisms-avoidance, escape, and tolerance (Brough and Azam-Ali 1992;Collinson et al 1995Collinson et al , 1997Jorgensen et al 2010;Muhammad et al 2015;Chai et al 2016). This makes bambara groundnut an ideal crop, as it can tolerate a range of environmental conditions and durations of stress (Feldman et al 2019).…”

Root Foraging Capacity in Bambara Groundnut (Vigna Subterranea (L.) Verdc.) Core Parental Lines Depends on the Root System Architecture during the Pre-Flowering Stage

“…Considering the increasing shortage of agricultural water and that no single shoot trait has yet been identified for its unique and dominant contribution to drought resistance [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19], current bambara groundnut breeding efforts could investigate root system function and its manipulation in order to improve water and nutrient capture [20][21][22]. Bambara groundnut genotypes, such as S19-3 (from Namibia) are promising candidates for investigating and expanding plant ideotypes suited for dry environments [11,23].…”

Optimizing Traditional Cropping Systems Under Climate Change: A Case of Maize Landraces and Bambara Groundnut

“…As a legume, bambara groundnut also fixes atmospheric nitrogen. It contributes to soil fertility (Sprent et al, 2010), and the low cost of bambara groundnut seed makes it an exemplar crop for enhancing food and nutrition security within cereal producing households (Muhammad et al, 2016;Mayes et al, 2019). While traditional cropping systems featured multicrops (Muzari et al, 2012), intercropping maize with bambara groundnut is no longer a common practice.…”