Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek]

There have been a number of reviews of mungbean from different perspectives [genetics (Fery, 1980); species relationships (Dana and Karmakar, 1990); agronomy (Rachie and Roberts, 1974); evolution and genetic resources (Smartt,1990); genetics, cytogenetics and breeding (Shanmugasundaram, 1988);

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techniques (Jaiwal and Gulati, 1995)]. In addition, several international symposia have been held on the topic of mungbean (AVRDC, 1988; Cowell, 1978; Srinives et al., 1996) and one book written on the crop (Poehlman, 1991). The objectives of this chapter are to discuss genetic resources, chromosome engineering, and crop improvement of mungbean in the light of information published since these reviews. In recent years, there has been progress in mungbean research, particularly in the field of genome analysis.