<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>The alternative breeding approaches for improving yield gains and stress response in pigeonpea ( Cajanus cajan )</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">K</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Saxena</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">A</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Bohra</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">A K</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Choudhary</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">R</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Sultana</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">M</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Sharma</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">L T</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Pazhamala</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">R K</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Saxena</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">P</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Xu</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>Pigeonpea is an important food legume crop of semi-arid tropical regions. Plateauing&#13;
of pigeonpea yield has been worrying breeders for the past 6–7 decades. Serious&#13;
breeding efforts made during this period resulted in various high-yielding and disease&#13;
resistant cultivars. However, the gains in pigeonpea productivity have been modest.&#13;
The authors, while reviewing this situation, conclude that long generation turnover,&#13;
complexity of biological traits, low selection response and overreliance upon&#13;
pedigree breeding present the key bottlenecks for this situation. In this paper, some&#13;
alternative breeding approaches and technologies are suggested for the genetic enhancement&#13;
of yield stability and stress response of pigeonpea.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Plant Breeding</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Pigeonpea</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Genetics and Genomics</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2020-08</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>Wiley</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Article</mods:genre></mods:mods>