@incollection{icrisat11490,
       booktitle = {Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Legumes},
           title = {Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.): An Ideal Crop for Sustainable Agriculture},
       publisher = {Springer Nature},
         address = {Switzerland},
          author = {R K Saxena and K B Saxena and R K Varshney},
           pages = {409--429},
            year = {2019},
          volume = {7},
        keywords = {Breeding, Crop improvement. Genomics, Next generation sequencing, Pigeonpea},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/11490/},
        abstract = {Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] is traditionally cultivated as an annual crop in semi-arid regions of the world. It has a number of characteristics such as diverse maturity time, drought tolerance and natural out-crossing which makes it unique among legumes. These traits not only allow its cultivation in diverse environments and cropping systems, but also permit implementation of different breeding methods. Pigeonpea is a crop of sustainable agriculture and poor crop management, exposure to diseases and pests coupled with unpredictable rains hinder crop improvement activities. However, recently partial out-crossing has been exploited to develop cytoplasmic male-sterility (CMS) based hybrid breeding technology. Thus far, three hybrids have been released for cultivation with yield advantages of 30?50\% over standard varieties. Pigeonpea R\&D now also enjoys a wealth of genomics resources such as a draft genome sequence, resequencing data, candidate genes and markers associated with key traits. Genomics and breeding efforts are underway to make pigeonpea a more sustainable crop and to unlock the genetic diversity present in germplasm to develop new cultivars rapidly.}
}