TY  - CHAP
AV  - restricted
T3  - Compendium of Plant Genomes book series (CPG)
A1  - Bohra, A
A1  - Pareek, S
A1  - Jha, R
A1  - Saxena, R K
A1  - Singh, I P
A1  - Pandey, G
A1  - Mishra, R K
A1  - Singh, F
A1  - Kaashyap, M
A1  - Joshi, R
A1  - Varshney, R K
TI  - Modern Genomic Tools for Pigeonpea Improvement: Status and Prospects
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/10487/
SN  - 2199-4781
PB  - Springer
N1  - Authors acknowledge support from Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, India.
ED  - Varshney, R K
ED  - Saxena, R K
ED  - Jackson, S A
N2  - Pigeonpea owing to its ability to sustain harsh environment and limited input/water requirement remains an excellent remunerative crop in the face of increasing climatic adversities. With nearly 70% share in global pigeonpea production, India is the leading pigeonpea producing country. Since the mid-1900s, constant research efforts directed to improve yield and resistance levels of pigeonpea have resulted in the development and deployment of several commercially accepted cultivars in India, accommodating into diverse agro-climatic zones. However, the crop productivity needs incremental improvements in order to meet the growing nutritional demands, especially in developing countries like India where pigeonpea forms a dominant part of vegetarian diet. Empowering crop improvement strategies with genomic tool kit is imperative to attain the project gains in crop yield. In the context, adoption of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has helped establish a wide range of genomic resources to support pigeonpea breeding, and the existing molecular tool kit includes genome-wide genetic markers, transcriptome/genome assemblies, and candidate genes/QTLs for target traits. Similarly, availability of whole mitochondrial genome sequence and derived DNA markers is immensely relevant in order to furthering the understanding of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) system and hybrid breeding. This chapter covers the progress of developing modern genomic resources in pigeonpea and highlights their vital role in designing future crop breeding schemes.
KW  - Pigeonpea
KW  -  Molecular marker
KW  -  Polymorphism
KW  -  Genetic map
KW  -  Gene
KW  -  Genome
KW  -  QTL
KW  -  Trait
KW  - 
Next-generation sequencing
KW  -  cytoplasmic male sterility
KW  -  modern genomic resources
KW  -  future crop breeding schemes
KW  -  crop breeding
Y1  - 2017///
SP  - 41
T2  - The Pigeonpea Genome
ID  - icrisat10487
EP  - 54
ER  -