Cicer arietinum L. is the third greatest widely planted imperative pulse crop worldwide, and it
belongs to the Leguminosae family. Drought is the utmost common abiotic factor on plants …

Chickpea is an important leguminous crop with potential to provide dietary proteins to both
humans and animals. It also ameliorates soil nitrogen through biological nitrogen fixation …

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is the second most widely grown legume crop after soybean,
accounting for a substantial proportion of human dietary nitrogen intake and playing a …

Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are being used to generate whole genome
sequences for a wide range of crop species. When combined with precise phenotyping …

Key message Analysis of phenotypic data for 20 drought tolerance traits in 1–7 seasons at 1–
5 locations together with genetic mapping data for two mapping populations provided 9 QTL …

Climate change affects agricultural productivity worldwide. Increased prices of food
commodities are the initial indication of drastic edible yield loss, which is expected to …

Advances in next-generation sequencing and genotyping technologies have enabled
generation of large-scale genomic resources such as molecular markers, transcript reads …

Key message Integration of genomic technologies with breeding efforts have been used in
recent years for chickpea improvement. Modern breeding along with low cost genotyping …

Chickpea is one of the most important pulse crops worldwide, being an excellent source of
protein. It is grown under rain-fed conditions averaging yields of 1 t/ha, far from its potential …

Grapevine is a very important crop species that is mainly cultivated worldwide for fruits, wine
and juice. Identification of the genetic bases of performance traits through association …