TY  - CHAP
AV  - none
A1  - Saxena, R K
A1  - Saxena, K B
A1  - Varshney, R K
TI  - Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.): An Ideal Crop for Sustainable Agriculture
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23400-3
M1  - 7
SN  - 978-3-030-23399-0
PB  - Springer Nature
CY  - Switzerland
N2  - 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.
KW  - Breeding
KW  -  Crop improvement. Genomics
KW  -  Next generation sequencing
KW  -  Pigeonpea
Y1  - 2019///
SP  - 409
T2  - Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Legumes
ID  - icrisat11490
EP  - 429
ER  -