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
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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.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Divisions: | Research Program : Genetic Gains |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Breeding, Crop improvement. Genomics, Next generation sequencing, Pigeonpea |
| Subjects: | Others > Plant Breeding Others > Sustainable Agriculture Mandate crops > Pigeonpea Others > Genetics and Genomics |
| Depositing User: | Mr Arun S |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2020 05:59 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2020 05:59 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11490 |
| Acknowledgement: | UNSPECIFIED |
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