@article{icrisat10082,
           month = {July},
           title = {Molecular Mapping of Flowering Time Major Genes and QTLs in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)},
       publisher = {Frontiers Media},
            year = {2017},
          author = {B P Mallikarjuna and S Samineni and M Thudi and S Sajja and A W Khan and A Patil and K P Viswanatha and R K Varshney and P M Gaur},
           pages = {1--10},
          volume = {8},
            note = {This research work was supported by CGIAR Research Program
on Grain Legumes.},
         journal = {Frontiers in Plant Science},
          number = {1140},
        keywords = {Molecular Mapping, Chickpea, Earliness, Flowering time, Chickpea, Consensus map, QTLs, QTL analysis},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/10082/},
        abstract = {Flowering time is an important trait for adaptation and productivity of chickpea in the arid and the semi-arid environments. This study was conducted for molecular mapping of genes/quantitative trait loci (QTLs) controlling flowering time in chickpea using F2 populations derived from four crosses (ICCV 96029 {$\times$} CDC Frontier, ICC 5810 {$\times$} CDC Frontier, BGD 132 {$\times$} CDC Frontier and ICC 16641 {$\times$} CDC Frontier). Genetic studies revealed monogenic control of flowering time in the crosses ICCV 96029 {$\times$} CDC Frontier, BGD 132 {$\times$} CDC Frontier and ICC 16641 {$\times$} CDC Frontier, while digenic control with complementary gene action in ICC 5810 {$\times$} CDC Frontier. The intraspecific genetic maps developed from these crosses consisted 75, 75, 68 and 67 markers spanning 248.8 cM, 331.4 cM, 311.1 cM and 385.1 cM, respectively. A consensus map spanning 363.8 cM with 109 loci was constructed by integrating four genetic maps. Major QTLs corresponding to flowering time genes efl-1 from ICCV 96029, efl-3 from BGD 132 and efl-4 from ICC 16641 were mapped on CaLG04, CaLG08 and CaLG06, respectively. The QTLs and linked markers identified in this study can be used in marker-assisted breeding for developing early maturing chickpea.}
}