Genomics-assisted breeding for pigeonpea improvement

A Bohra, KB Saxena, RK Varshney… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2020 - Springer
Key message The review outlines advances in pigeonpea genomics, breeding and seed
delivery systems to achieve yield gains at farmers' field. Abstract Pigeonpea is a nutritious …

Whole-genome resequencing of 292 pigeonpea accessions identifies genomic regions associated with domestication and agronomic traits

RK Varshney, RK Saxena, HD Upadhyaya, AW Khan… - Nature Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), a tropical grain legume with low input requirements, is
expected to continue to have an important role in supplying food and nutritional security in …

Genomics-assisted breeding for boosting crop improvement in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan)

L Pazhamala, RK Saxena, VK Singh… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Pigeonpea is an important pulse crop grown predominantly in the tropical and sub-tropical
regions of the world. Although pigeonpea growing area has considerably increased, yield …

Carbon nanoparticles improve the effect of compost and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in drought-stressed corn cultivation

EA Alsherif, O Almaghrabi, AM Elazzazy… - Plant Physiology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drought is an important threat worldwide, therefore, it is vital to create workable solutions to
mitigate the negative effects of drought stress. To this end, we investigated the interactive …

Neglected and underutilized legume crops: Improvement and future prospects

J Popoola, O Ojuederie, C Omonhinmin… - Recent advances in …, 2019 - books.google.com
Sustainable agricultural productivity is hampered by over-dependency on major staple
crops, neglect and underutilization of others, climate change, as well as land deterioration …

High‐density genetic map using whole‐genome resequencing for fine mapping and candidate gene discovery for disease resistance in peanut

G Agarwal, J Clevenger, MK Pandey… - Plant biotechnology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Whole‐genome resequencing (WGRS) of mapping populations has facilitated development
of high‐density genetic maps essential for fine mapping and candidate gene discovery for …

Genomic diversity and macroecology of the crop wild relatives of domesticated pea

P Smýkal, I Hradilová, O Trněný, J Brus, A Rathore… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
There is growing interest in the conservation and utilization of crop wild relatives (CWR) in
international food security policy and research. Legumes play an important role in human …

Genetic diversity and population structure in Beninese pigeon pea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth] landraces collection revealed by SSR and genome wide SNP markers

F Zavinon, H Adoukonou-Sagbadja… - Genetic Resources and …, 2020 - Springer
Pigeon pea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth] is a valuable multipurpose crop locally used for
household food security as well in traditional medicine in Benin. However, due to the …

Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. origins and domestication: the South and Southeast Asian archaeobotanical evidence

DQ Fuller, C Murphy, E Kingwell-Banham… - Genetic Resources and …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. commonly known as pigeonpea, red gram or gungo pea
is an important grain legume crop, particularly in rain-fed agricultural regions in the semi …

Developments and prospects in imperative underexploited vegetable legumes breeding: a review

SK Dhaliwal, A Talukdar, A Gautam, P Sharma… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Vegetable legumes are an essential source of carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals, along
with health-promoting bioactive chemicals. The demand for the use of either fresh or …