Vigna radiata (mung bean)
Overview
Mungbean, native to the Indian subcontinent, is a member of the millettioid (warm-season legume) clade within the legume sub-family Papilionoideae. Many important legume food crop belong to this group including soybean, pigeonpea, cowpea and common bean. Mungbean is also cultivated in several other countries of Asia, Africa, South America and USA for a variety of food products including lentil soup and bean sprouts in salad bars. Like most legumes, mungbeans are relatively high in protein, around 25% of the seed by weight.
| NCBI taxon | 157791 | |
| GRIN taxon | 41629 |
Major Pathogens
| Pathogen | NCBI Taxon ID |
|---|---|
| mungbean yellow mosaic India virus | 223287 |
| seedling rot pathogen, Rhizoctonia solani | 456999 |
Genome Summary
Mungbean is diploid in nature with 2n=2x=22and a small genome size estimated to be 0.60 pg/1C (579 Mbp), which are similar to those of the other Vigna species (Somta & Srinives, 2007).
| Chromosomes | 2n = 2x = 22 | |
| Genome size | ~579 Mbp (Mbp) | Somta P and Srinives P (2007) Genome Research in Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] and Blackgram [V. mungo (L.) Hepper]. ScienceAsia 33 Supplement 1: 69-74. doi: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2007.33(s1).069 |
| Chloroplast genome size | 151 (kbp) | Tangphatsornruang S, Sangsrakru D, Chanprasert J, Uthaipaisanwong P, Yoocha T, Jomchai N, Tragoonrung S. The chloroplast genome sequence of mungbean (Vigna radiata) determined by high-throughput pyrosequencing: structural organization and phylogenetic relationships. DNA Res. 2010 Feb;17(1):11-22. |
| Chloroplast NCBI accession number | NC_013843 | |
| Mitochondria genome size | 401 (kbp) | Alverson AJ, Zhuo S, Rice DW, Sloan DB, Palmer JD. The mitochondrial genome of the legume Vigna radiata and the analysis of recombination across short mitochondrial repeats. PLoS One. 2011 Jan 20; 6(1): e16404. |
| Mitochondria NCBI accession number | NC_015121 |
Resources
Reference Data
Selected References
Current publications on Vigna radiata at PubMed.
Alverson AJ, Zhuo S, Rice DW, Sloan DB, Palmer JD. The mitochondrial genome of the legume Vigna radiata and the analysis of recombination across short mitochondrial repeats. PLoS One. 2011 Jan 20; 6(1): e16404.
Aluko RE. Determination of nutritional and bioactive properties of peptides in enzymatic pea, chickpea, and mung bean protein hydrolysates. J AOAC Int. 2008 Jul-Aug; 91(4): 947-56.
Maiti S, Basak J, Kundagrami S, Kundu A, Pal A. Molecular marker-assisted genotyping of mungbean yellow mosaic India virus resistant germplasms of mungbean and urdbean. Mol Biotechnol. 2011 Feb;47(2):95-104.
Moe KT, Chung JW, Cho YI, Moon JK, Ku JH, Jung JK, Lee J, Park YJ. Sequence information on simple sequence repeats and single nucleotide polymorphisms through transcriptome analysis of mungbean. J Integr Plant Biol. 2011 Jan;53(1):63-73.
Vijayan S, Kirti PB. Mungbean plants expressing BjNPR1 exhibit enhanced resistance against the seedling rot pathogen, Rhizoctonia solani. Transgenic Res. 2011 May 17.