Chickpea

    Uncuoglu, A A and Sarmah, B K and Sharma, K K and Bhatnagar-Mathur, P and Ratnaparkhe, M B and Pawar, P and Ranjekar, P K (2008) Chickpea. In: Compendium of Transgenic Crop Plants: Transgenic Legume Grains and Forages. Blackwell Publishing , Oxfordshire, UK, pp. 171-187. ISBN 9781405181099

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    Abstract

    Pulses form a major source of protein, particularly for vegetarian diet, and chickpea ranks among the leading legumes in this regard. Albeit considerable efforts at national and international levels, productivity of the chickpea crop has been stagnated for long due to the major biotic and abiotic constraints caused by Ascochyta blight, Fusarium wilt, pod borer, drought, and cold. Though many wild annual Cicer species possess a wealth of agronomically desirable donor genes, particularly those conferring resistance to stresses, they are sexually incompatible with the cultivated species. Transgenic approach is, therefore, a potential alternative means for incorporation of desirable alien genes into chickpea. This chapter highlights various dimensions of the international efforts in producing transgenic chickpea and provides a comprehensive perspective of strategies and achievements. Development of transgenic chickpea includes different aspects such as locating genes for particular traits from available chickpea germplasm, their isolation, making suitable constructs to transfer into chickpea through modifying them by adding marker gene, promoter sequence, and termination sequence for their effective expression, and finally transformation followed by an efficient regeneration protocol. This technology will have a very important role in developing newer varieties of chickpea with desired traits such as insect resistance, disease resistance, and drought/cold resistance.

    Item Type: Book Section
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    Uncontrolled Keywords: Agrobacterium tumefaciens; genetic selection; plant transformation; regeneration; transgenes; transgenic plants; biotic and abiotic stress
    Subjects: Mandate crops > Chickpea
    Depositing User: Mr Sanat Kumar Behera
    Date Deposited: 03 Dec 2011 08:54
    Last Modified: 31 Dec 2011 05:47
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/4759
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