Toward the sequence-based breeding in legumes in the post-genome sequencing era

RK Varshney, MK Pandey, A Bohra, VK Singh… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
Efficiency of breeding programs of legume crops such as chickpea, pigeonpea and
groundnut has been considerably improved over the past decade through deployment of …

Flowering time: from physiology, through genetics to mechanism

R Maple, P Zhu, J Hepworth, JW Wang… - Plant physiology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Plant species have evolved different requirements for environmental/endogenous cues to
induce flowering. Originally, these varying requirements were thought to reflect the action of …

Major QTLs and Potential Candidate Genes for Heat Stress Tolerance Identified in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

UC Jha, H Nayyar, R Palakurthi, R Jha… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In the context of climate change, heat stress during the reproductive stages of chickpea
(Cicer arietinum L.) leads to significant yield losses. In order to identify the genomic regions …

Recent breeding programs enhanced genetic diversity in both desi and kabuli varieties of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

M Thudi, A Chitikineni, X Liu, W He, M Roorkiwal… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
In order to understand the impact of breeding on genetic diversity and gain insights into
temporal trends in diversity in chickpea, a set of 100 chickpea varieties released in 14 …

Genome-wide association analysis reveals trait-linked markers for grain nutrient and agronomic traits in diverse set of chickpea germplasm

R Srungarapu, MD Mahendrakar, LA Mohammad… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chickpea is an inexpensive source of protein, minerals, and vitamins to the poor people
living in arid and semi-arid regions of Southern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. New chickpea …

The Chickpea Early Flowering 1 (Efl1) Locus Is an Ortholog of Arabidopsis ELF3

S Ridge, A Deokar, R Lee, K Daba… - Plant …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
In climates that experience short growing seasons due to drought, heat, or end-of-season
frost, early flowering is a highly desirable trait for chickpea (Cicer arietinum). In this study, we …

Genetic approaches to exploit landraces for improvement of Triticum turgidum ssp. durum in the age of climate change

C Broccanello, D Bellin, G DalCorso, A Furini… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Addressing the challenges of climate change and durum wheat production is becoming an
important driver for food and nutrition security in the Mediterranean area, where are located …

Potential uses of wild germplasms of grain legumes for crop improvement

N Muñoz, A Liu, L Kan, MW Li, HM Lam - International Journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Challenged by population increase, climatic change, and soil deterioration, crop
improvement is always a priority in securing food supplies. Although the production of grain …

Molecular Mapping of Flowering Time Major Genes and QTLs in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

BP Mallikarjuna, S Samineni, M Thudi… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Flowering time is an important trait for adaptation and productivity of chickpea in the arid and
the semi-arid environments. This study was conducted for molecular mapping of …

Genome-wide association study as a powerful tool for dissecting competitive traits in legumes

P Susmitha, P Kumar, P Yadav, S Sahoo… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Legumes are extremely valuable because of their high protein content and several other
nutritional components. The major challenge lies in maintaining the quantity and quality of …