Legumes are a major constituent of vegetarian diets and alleviate malnutrition because they are protein-rich and easily digestible. Moreover, a legume-based diet is much more sustainable than a meat-based diet. Recent research has disclosed major advances in legume agriculture and biotechnology, leading to improved health benefits from nutrients, antioxidants, polyphenolic phytochemicals, phenolic acids, flavonoids and tannins. This book reviews bioactive compounds and their applications, and conventional breeding and biotechnology for legume sustainability and nutritional enhancement.

Dr. Praveen Guleriais presently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at DAV University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. She has worked in the areas of Plant Biotechnology, Plant Metabolic Engineering and Plant Stress Biology at CSIR- Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, H.P. India. Her research interests include plant stress biology, plant small RNA Biology, plant epigenomics and nanotoxicity. She has published several research articles in various peer-reviewed journals. She is also serving as the editorial board member and reviewer for certain international peer reviewed journals. She has been awarded the SERB- Start Up Grant by DST, GOI. She has also been awarded the prestigious Bharat Gaurav Award by the India International Friendship Society, New Delhi. She has also received various awards like CSIR/ ICMR- Junior research Fellowship, CSIR- Senior research fellowship, State level merit scholarship awards.

Dr. Vineet Kumaris currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. He has worked in different area of biotechnology and nanotechnology in various institutes and universities in India namely, Panjab University Chandigarh, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology and Himachal Pradesh University. He has published many articles in these areas featuring in peer-reviewed journals. He is also serving as editorial board member and reviewer for international peer reviewed journals. He has received various awards like Dr DSK-postdoctoral fellowship, senior research fellowship and best poster awards.

Dr. Eric Lichtfouse is a biogeochemist at Aix Marseille University who has invented carbon-13 dating, a molecular-level method allowing to study the dynamics of organic compounds in temporal pools of complex environmental media. He is ChiefEditor of the journal Environmental Chemistry Letters, and the book series Sustainable Agriculture Reviews and Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World. He is the author of the book Scientific Writing for Impact Factor Journals, which includes an innovative writing tool: the Micro-Article.

Preface.- Chapter 1. An Introduction to Legume Biotechnology.- Chapter 2. Legume Derived Bioactive Peptides.- Chapter 3. Novel Dietary and Nutraceutical Supplements from Legumes.- Chapter 4. Antioxidant Profile of Legume Seeds.- Chapter 5. Application of Legume Seed Galactomannan Polysaccharides.- Chapter 6. Legumes as Preventive Nutraceuticals for Chronic Diseases.- Chapter 7. Legume Symbiotic Interaction from Gene to Whole Plant.- Chapter 8. Optimizing Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis in Smallholder Agroecosystems.- Chapter 9. Transformation of Agricultural Breeding Techniques using Biotechnology as a Tool.- Chapter 10. Genetic Transformation to Confer Drought Stress Tolerance in Soybean (Glycine max L.).