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1 Department of Biotechnology, Karpagam Arts and Science College, Coimbatore - 641 021, Tamil Nadu, IN
Source
The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 43, No 8 (2006), Pagination: 350-356
Abstract
Although the common legume seeds have been playing a key role as a protein food in most of the developing countries, their production is not enough to meet the requirements of teeming human population and dwindling livestock industries. Hence, there is a need for exploitation of hitherto neglected under-utilized legumes, whose potential not yet optimally utilized, in view of the pressure on the conventional legumes arising due to increasing multiple uses.