Exploring Chickpea Germplasm Diversity for Broadening the Genetic Base Utilizing Genomic Resourses

Singh, R K and Singh, C and Ambika, - and Chandana, B S and Mahto, R K and Patial, R and Gupta, A and Gahlaut, V and Gayacharan, - and Hamwieh, A and Upadhyaya, H D and Kumar, R (2022) Exploring Chickpea Germplasm Diversity for Broadening the Genetic Base Utilizing Genomic Resourses. Frontiers in Genetics (TSI), 13. pp. 1-26. ISSN 1664-8021

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Abstract

Legume crops provide significant nutrition to humans as a source of protein, omega-3 fatty acids as well as specific macro and micronutrients. Additionally, legumes improve the cropping environment by replenishing the soil nitrogen content. Chickpeas are the second most significant staple legume food crop worldwide behind dry bean which contains 17%–24% protein, 41%–51% carbohydrate, and other important essential minerals, vitamins, dietary fiber, folate, β-carotene, anti-oxidants, micronutrients (phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, iron, and zinc) as well as linoleic and oleic unsaturated fatty acids. Despite these advantages, legumes are far behind cereals in terms of genetic improvement mainly due to far less effort, the bottlenecks of the narrow genetic base, and several biotic and abiotic factors in the scenario of changing climatic conditions. Measures are now called for beyond conventional breeding practices to strategically broadening of narrow genetic base utilizing chickpea wild relatives and improvement of cultivars through advanced breeding approaches with a focus on high yield productivity, biotic and abiotic stresses including climate resilience, and enhanced nutritional values. Desirable donors having such multiple traits have been identified using core and mini core collections from the cultivated gene pool and wild relatives of Chickpea. Several methods have been developed to address cross-species fertilization obstacles and to aid in inter-specific hybridization and introgression of the target gene sequences from wild Cicer species. Additionally, recent advances in “Omics” sciences along with high-throughput and precise phenotyping tools have made it easier to identify genes that regulate traits of interest. Next-generation sequencing technologies, whole-genome sequencing, transcriptomics, and differential genes expression profiling along with a plethora of novel techniques like single nucleotide polymorphism exploiting high-density genotyping by sequencing assays, simple sequence repeat markers, diversity array technology platform, and whole-genome re-sequencing technique led to the identification and development of QTLs and high-density trait mapping of the global chickpea germplasm. These altogether have helped in broadening the narrow genetic base of chickpeas.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Research Program : Asia
CRP:	UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	broadening the genetic base, cicer, genetic diversity (GD), gene editing, multiple resistance, omics, QTL mapping, wild chickpea utilization
Subjects:	Mandate crops > Chickpea Others > Genetics and Genomics
Depositing User:	Mr Nagaraju T
Date Deposited:	11 Jan 2024 06:06
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2024 06:06
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/12349
Official URL:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene...
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	ICARDA authors received support from CWANA integrated initiative.
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