Editing Macrotyloma uniflorum (section)

==Cultivation==
Horse gram is drought tolerant<ref name="Bhardwa2013">{{Cite journal |last1=Bhardwaj |first1=Jyoti |last2=Chauhan |first2=Rohit |last3=Swarnkar |first3=Mohit Kumar |last4=Chahota |first4=Rakesh Kumar |last5=Singh |first5=Anil Kumar |last6=Shankar |first6=Ravi |last7=Yadav |first7=Sudesh Kumar |date=2013-09-23 |title=Comprehensive transcriptomic study on horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum): De novo assembly, functional characterization and comparative analysis in relation to drought stress |journal=BMC Genomics |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=647 |doi=10.1186/1471-2164-14-647 |issn=1471-2164 |pmc=3853109 |pmid=24059455 |doi-access=free }}</ref> and also withstands harsh environmental conditions such as [[salinity]] or metal stresses.<ref name="Prasad2015">Prasad, Saroj Kumar; Singh, Manoj Kumar (1 May 2015). "Horse gram- an underutilized nutraceutical pulse crop: a review". Journal of Food Science and Technology. 52 (5): 2489–2499. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-014-1312-z.</ref> Generally, Horse Gram is planted with low agronomic inputs and without weeding. Furthermore, the crop grows on a broad range of soil types with different [[pH]] ranges. Cultivation is also possible on soils with poor [[organic matter]] and [[nitrogen]] availability.<ref name=ProdTechPDF/> Horse gram thrives where the temperature is in the range of {{convert|20|to|30|°C}}. Frost temperatures are lethal.<ref name="Aditya2019"/> Due to the drought-resistance ''Macrotyloma uniflorum'' is grown in areas with low precipitation ({{convert|300 - 900|mm|in|0|abbr=on}}). In wetter areas, Horse gram is usually sown at the end of the rainy season to still facilitate cultivation. Nonetheless, ''Macrotyloma uniflorum'' does not tolerate [[Waterlogging (agriculture)|waterlogging]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brink |first=Martin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dH6S9MwTupUC&pg=PA102 |title=Cereals and Pulses |date=2006 |publisher=PROTA |isbn=978-90-5782-170-7 |language=en}}</ref>

The plant is not only cultivated as a monoculture, but also as an [[Intercropping|inter]]- or [[Multiple cropping|mixed]] crop together with [[peanut|groundnut]], [[sorghum]], [[sesame]], [[Guizotia abyssinica|niger]], [[maize]], [[finger millet]], [[pearl millet]], [[amaranth]], [[Dichanthium annulatum|marvel grass]] or [[kidney bean]]. Furthermore, ''Macrotyloma uniflorum'' can also be grown along with trees such as [[Azadirachta indica|neem]], [[Albizia procera|white siris]] or [[Acacia nilotica|babul]]. Both, grain and green [[forage]] yield are highly dependent on the growing region as well as the selected [[cropping system]]. Substantial yield differences in the various growing regions exist: In [[India]] green forage yield varies from 5 - 14 t/ha and in [[Australia]] approximately 4.4 t/ha are reported. Grain yield in [[India]] is around 0.13 – 1.2 t/ha and 1.1 – 2.2 t/ha in [[Australia]].<ref name="ProdTechPDF"/><ref name="Aditya2019"/><ref>Haq Nazmul (2011) Underutilized food legumes: potential for multipurpose uses. In: Pratap A, Kumar J (eds) Biology and breeding of food legumes. CAB International, UK, pp 335–336</ref>