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 …

Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in hybrid breeding in field crops

A Bohra, UC Jha, P Adhimoolam, D Bisht, NP Singh - Plant Cell Reports, 2016 - Springer
Key message A comprehensive understanding of CMS/Rf system enabled by modern omics
tools and technologies considerably improves our ability to harness hybrid technology for …

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 …

New Hypervariable SSR Markers for Diversity Analysis, Hybrid Purity Testing and Trait Mapping in Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh]

A Bohra, R Jha, G Pandey, PG Patil… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Draft genome sequence in pigeonpea offers unprecedented opportunities for genomics
assisted crop improvement via enabling access to genome-wide genetic markers. In the …

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 …

Genome wide identification, characterization and validation of novel miRNA-based SSR markers in pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)

PG Patil, NV Singh, S Parashuram, A Bohra… - … and molecular biology …, 2020 - Springer
A total of 17,439 mature miRNAs (~ 21 nt) earlier generated through RNA seq in the
pomegranate were used for in silico analysis. After complexity reduction, a total of 1922 …

The alternative breeding approaches for improving yield gains and stress response in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan)

K Saxena, A Bohra, AK Choudhary, R Sultana… - Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pigeonpea is an important food legume crop of semi‐arid tropical regions. Plateauing of
pigeonpea yield has been worrying breeders for the past 6–7 decades. Serious breeding …

Genome-wide characterization and development of simple sequence repeat markers for genetic studies in pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)

PG Patil, NV Singh, S Parashuram, A Bohra… - Trees, 2020 - Springer
Key message Genome-wide characterization and development of first set of polymorphic
Class I SSRs markers in pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) through in silico analysis using …

[HTML][HTML] SSR genetic diversity assessment of popular pigeonpea varieties in Malawi reveals unique fingerprints

V Njung'e, S Deshpande, M Siambi, R Jones… - Electronic journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) is a drought tolerant legume of
the Fabaceae family and the only cultivated species in the genus Cajanus. It is mainly …

[HTML][HTML] Development and characterization of non-coding RNA based simple sequence repeat markers in Capsicum species

V Jaiswal, A Rawoof, M Dubey, SS Chhapekar… - Genomics, 2020 - Elsevier
Plant growth and development are largely regulated by non-coding RNAs (ncRNA); thus
ncRNA based markers would be rewarding in molecular breeding. In the present study, for …