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Genetic improvement of grass pea for low neurotoxin (β-ODAP) content.
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association - 1 Mar 2011
Kumar Shiv, Bejiga G, Ahmed S, Nakkoul H, Sarker A
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Grass pea is a promising crop for adaptation under climate change because of its tolerance to drought, water-logging and salinity, and being almost free from insect-pests and diseases. In spite of such virtues, global area under its cultivation has decreased because of ban on its cultivation in many countries. The ban is imposed due to its association with neurolathyrism, a non-reversible neurological disorder in...
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