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Winged Bean [Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) D.C.]

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Legumes and Oilseed Crops I

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 10))

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The winged bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) D.C., is a member of the Leguminoseae familiy and is a tropical plant found chiefly in rural areas of Papua New Guinea and Southeast Asia. It grows abundantly in hot, humid equatorial countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Sri Lanka. Although at one time considered as a “poor man’s food”, the potential economic importance of the plant has attracted worldwide attention and it is now recognized as “A High Protein Crop for the Tropics” (NAS 1981). Because of this, several important advances in growing winged bean in the fields and research in various laboratories are being made all over the world so that it will become a significant source of food and proteins, particularly to developing countries. The advancements and breakthroughs in biotechnology and its applications to agricultural plants like the winged bean have opened new avenues for crop improvement and significant progress in achieving these goals are anticipated in order to exploit the full potential of this important plant.

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Venketeswaran, S. (1990). Winged Bean [Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) D.C.]. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Legumes and Oilseed Crops I. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74448-8_9

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