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Legumes are plants in the pea family Fabaceae, or the fruit or seeds of such plants. When used as a dry grain for human consumption, the seeds are also called pulses. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, but also as livestock forage and silage, and as soil-enhancing green manure. Legumes produce a botanically unique type of fruit—a simple dry fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually dehisces on two sides.

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Gene-editing tool takes aim at a major bean-crop pest moth

If you grow beans, peas, or cowpeas, the legume pod borer moth is one of the most damaging pests ...

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae