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 …

Mining legume germplasm for genetic gains: An Indian perspective

Gayacharan, SK Parida, N Mondal, R Yadav… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Legumes play a significant role in food and nutritional security and contribute to
environmental sustainability. Although legumes are highly beneficial crops, it has not yet …

Whole genome resequencing and phenotyping of MAGIC population for high resolution mapping of drought tolerance in chickpea

M Thudi, S Samineni, W Li, MP Boer… - The Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Terminal drought is one of the major constraints to crop production in chickpea (Cicer
arietinum L.). In order to map drought tolerance related traits at high resolution, we …

Marker-assisted introgression of wild chromosome segments conferring resistance to fungal foliar diseases into peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

MC Moretzsohn, JF Santos, ARA Moraes… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Fungal foliar diseases can severely affect the productivity of the peanut crop
worldwide. Late leaf spot is the most frequent disease and a major problem of the crop in …

A Multi-Model Based Stability Analysis Employing Multi-Environmental Trials (METs) Data for Discerning Heat Tolerance in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Landraces

T Danakumara, T Kumar, N Kumar, BS Patil… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Identifying a congenially targeted production environment and understanding the effects of
genotype by environmental interactions on the adaption of chickpea genotypes is essential …

Knockout of elF4E using CRISPR/Cas9 for large-scale production of resistant cucumber cultivar against WMV, ZYMV, and PRSV

H Fidan, O Calis, E Ari, A Atasayar… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
CRISPR/Cas9 is one of the most robust technologies for plant breeding enabling precise
and efficient modifications in a genome. This technology is being used for the manipulation …

Plant Biotechnology—An Indispensable Tool for Crop Improvement

R Pathirana, F Carimi - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Traditional plant breeding has helped to increase food production dramatically over the past
five decades, and many countries have managed to produce enough food for the growing …

Small RNA sequencing analysis provides novel insights into microRNA-mediated regulation of defense responses in chickpea against Fusarium wilt infection

P Priyadarshini, G Kalwan, D Kohli, D Kumar… - Planta, 2025 - Springer
Fusarium wilt (FW) of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.
ciceris (Foc) is a destructive soil-borne disease that severely reduces the chickpea yield and …

Triumphs of genomic-assisted breeding in crop improvement

V Mangal, LK Verma, SK Singh, K Saxena, A Roy… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Conventional breeding approaches have played a significant role in meeting the food
demand remarkably well until now. However, the increasing population, yield plateaus in …

Development and evaluation of Fusarium wilt‐resistant and high‐yielding chickpea advanced breeding line, KCD 11

C Laxuman, YD Naik, BK Desai, M Kenganal… - The plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fusarium wilt (FW) is the most severe soil‐borne disease of chickpea that causes yield
losses up to 100%. To improve FW resistance in JG 11, a high‐yielding variety that became …