Breeding and genomic approaches towards development of fusarium wilt resistance in chickpea

RK Yadav, MK Tripathi, S Tiwari, N Tripathi, R Asati… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Achievements and prospects of genomics-assisted breeding in three legume crops of the semi-arid tropics

RK Varshney, SM Mohan, PM Gaur, N Gangarao… - Biotechnology …, 2013 - Elsevier
Advances in next-generation sequencing and genotyping technologies have enabled
generation of large-scale genomic resources such as molecular markers, transcript reads …

Impact of genomic technologies on chickpea breeding strategies

PM Gaur, AK Jukanti, RK Varshney - Agronomy, 2012 - mdpi.com
The major abiotic and biotic stresses that adversely affect yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum
L.) include drought, heat, fusarium wilt, ascochyta blight and pod borer. Excellent progress …

[HTML][HTML] Exciting journey of 10 years from genomes to fields and markets: some success stories of genomics-assisted breeding in chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut

RK Varshney - Plant Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Legume crops such as chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut, mostly grown in marginal
environments, are the major source of nutrition and protein to the human population in Asia …

Biotechnology approaches to overcome biotic and abiotic stress constraints in legumes

MA Dita, N Rispail, E Prats, D Rubiales, KB Singh - Euphytica, 2006 - Springer
Biotic and abiotic stresses cause significant yield losses in legumes and can significantly
affect their productivity. Biotechnology tools such as marker-assisted breeding, tissue …

Towards marker‐assisted selection in pulses: a review

J Kumar, AK Choudhary, RK Solanki, A Pratap - Plant breeding, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
With 2 figures and 2 tables Abstract Pulses are important sources of proteins in vegetarian
diet. However, genetic improvement in production and productivity of pulse crops has been …

Deploying QTL-seq for rapid delineation of a potential candidate gene underlying major trait-associated QTL in chickpea

S Das, HD Upadhyaya, D Bajaj, A Kujur… - DNA …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
A rapid high-resolution genome-wide strategy for molecular mapping of major QTL (s)/gene
(s) regulating important agronomic traits is vital for in-depth dissection of complex …

Marker‐assisted backcrossing to introgress resistance to Fusarium wilt race 1 and Ascochyta blight in C 214, an elite cultivar of chickpea

RK Varshney, SM Mohan, PM Gaur… - The plant …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Fusarium wilt (FW) and Ascochyta blight (AB) are two major constraints to chickpea (Cicer
arietinum L.) production. Therefore, two parallel marker‐assisted backcrossing (MABC) …

Chickpea molecular breeding: new tools and concepts

T Millan, HJ Clarke, KHM Siddique, HK Buhariwalla… - Euphytica, 2006 - Springer
Chickpea is a cool season grain legume of exceptionally high nutritive value and most
versatile food use. It is mostly grown under rain fed conditions in arid and semi-arid areas …

Transcriptional profiling of chickpea genes differentially regulated in response to high-salinity, cold and drought

NL Mantri, R Ford, TE Coram, ECK Pang - BMC genomics, 2007 - Springer
Abstract Background Cultivated chickpea (Cicer arietinum) has a narrow genetic base
making it difficult for breeders to produce new elite cultivars with durable resistance to major …