@inproceedings{icrisat11576, month = {February}, booktitle = {International Conference of Pulses the Climate Smart Crops: Challenges and Opportunities}, year = {2020}, title = {Pre-breeding for genetic enhancement of grain legumes}, pages = {130--131}, author = {S Sharma and C V S Kumar and L Prasanthi and P J Rao and P Thi and M M Win and S Muniswamy and R K Panwar and A Arora and S Singh and U Rani and M Thudi and M Sharma and C Nimje and R K Varshney}, keywords = {Pulses, Chickpea, Pigeonpea, Legumes, Nutrition, Sustainable agriculture}, url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/11576/}, abstract = {Grain legumes such as chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) millsp) play an important role in ensuring food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture. Due to narrow genetic base, genetic enhancement in grain legumes is not adequate and the crops are prone to biotic (pests and diseases) adn abiotic (drought, water-logging, salinity, heat and cold) stresses.} }