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creators_name: Saxena, R K
creators_name: Saxena, K B
creators_name: Varshney, R K
icrisatcreators_name: Saxena, R K
icrisatcreators_name: Saxena, K B
icrisatcreators_name: Varshney, R K
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
country: India
title: Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.): An Ideal Crop for Sustainable Agriculture
ispublished: pub
subjects: PLB1
subjects: S25
subjects: s1.2
subjects: s2.13
divisions: CRPS3
full_text_status: none
keywords: Breeding, Crop improvement. Genomics, Next generation sequencing, Pigeonpea
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.
date: 2019
date_type: published
volume: 7
publisher: Springer Nature
place_of_pub: Switzerland
pagerange: 409-429
pages: 20
id_number: doi:10.1007/978-3-030-23400-3
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 978-3-030-23399-0
book_title: Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Legumes
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23400-3
citation:   Saxena, R K and Saxena, K B and Varshney, R K  (2019) Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.): An Ideal Crop for Sustainable Agriculture.   In:  Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Legumes.   Springer Nature, Switzerland, pp. 409-429.  ISBN 978-3-030-23399-0