http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11651 2020-11-14T09:03:44Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata http://oar.icrisat.org/11651/ The alternative breeding approaches for improving yield gains and stress response in pigeonpea ( Cajanus cajan ) Saxena, K Bohra, A Choudhary, A K Sultana, R Sharma, M Pazhamala, L T Saxena, R K Xu, P Plant Breeding Pigeonpea Genetics and Genomics Pigeonpea is an important food legume crop of semi-arid tropical regions. Plateauing of pigeonpea yield has been worrying breeders for the past 6–7 decades. Serious breeding efforts made during this period resulted in various high-yielding and disease resistant cultivars. However, the gains in pigeonpea productivity have been modest. The authors, while reviewing this situation, conclude that long generation turnover, complexity of biological traits, low selection response and overreliance upon pedigree breeding present the key bottlenecks for this situation. In this paper, some alternative breeding approaches and technologies are suggested for the genetic enhancement of yield stability and stress response of pigeonpea. Wiley 2020-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://oar.icrisat.org/11651/1/pbr.12863.pdf Saxena, K and Bohra, A and Choudhary, A K and Sultana, R and Sharma, M and Pazhamala, L T and Saxena, R K and Xu, P (2020) The alternative breeding approaches for improving yield gains and stress response in pigeonpea ( Cajanus cajan ). Plant Breeding (TSI). pp. 1-12. ISSN 0179-9541 https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.12863 doi:10.1111/pbr.12863 info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage