This study links stomatal function with photosynthetic light reactions and stress response in faba bean by analyzing leaf temperature and ozone exposure effects.

Environmental and Experimental Botany · Dec 2, 2025Peer-reviewedPlant Biology

Teaching good agronomic practices to strengthen pigeon pea cultivation and value chains through farmer-to-farmer education in Zambia

Hamid Khazaeı, Sebastian Scott, Jarkko K. Niemi

This study evaluates farmer field schools (FFSs) in Zambia to improve pigeon pea cultivation and value chains through farmer-to-farmer education.

bioRxiv · Jun 7, 2025 · PreprintScientific Communication & Education

Genetic analysis of global faba bean germplasm maps agronomic traits and identifies strong selection signatures for geographical origin

Cathrine Kiel Skovbjerg, Deepti Angra, Tom Robertson-Shersby-Harvie, Jonathan Kreplak, Gabriel Keeble‐Gagnère, Sukhjiwan Kaur, Wolfgang Ecke, Alex Windhorst, Linda Kærgaard Nielsen, A. Schiemann, Jens Chr. Knudsen, Natalia Gutiérrez, Vasiliki Tagkouli, Lavinia Ioana Fechete, Luc Janss, , Stig Uggerhøj Andersen

This study maps agronomic trait genetics and identifies selection signatures in faba bean germplasm using genome-wide association studies and population structure analysis.

Theoretical and Applied Genetics · Apr 19, 2023Peer-reviewedGenetics

Genomic regions associated with chocolate spot (Botrytis fabae Sard.) resistance in fababean (Vicia faba L.)

Tadesse S. Gela, Margaret Bruce, Wei Chang, Frederick L. Stoddard, Alan Howard Schulman, Albert Vandenberg, Hamid Khazaeı

This study identifies genomic regions associated with chocolate spot resistance in faba bean using QTL analysis, providing targets for marker-assisted breeding.

Molecular Breeding · Jun 1, 2022Peer-reviewedGenomics