Genomics of crop wild relatives: expanding the gene pool for crop improvement

M Brozynska, A Furtado… - Plant biotechnology journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Plant breeders require access to new genetic diversity to satisfy the demands of a growing
human population for more food that can be produced in a variable or changing climate and …

[HTML][HTML] Achievements and prospects of genomics-assisted breeding in three legume crops of the semi-arid tropics

RK Varshney, SM Mohan, PM Gaur, N Gangarao… - Biotechnology …, 2013 - Elsevier
Advances in next-generation sequencing and genoty** technologies have enabled
generation of large-scale genomic resources such as molecular markers, transcript reads …

A draft genome sequence of the pulse crop chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

M Jain, G Misra, RK Patel, P Priya, S Jhanwar… - The Plant …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Cicer arietinum L.(chickpea) is the third most important food legume crop. We have
generated the draft sequence of a desi‐type chickpea genome using next‐generation …

Transcriptome analyses reveal genotype-and developmental stage-specific molecular responses to drought and salinity stresses in chickpea

R Garg, R Shankar, B Thakkar, H Kudapa… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Drought and salinity are the major factors that limit chickpea production worldwide. We
performed whole transcriptome analyses of chickpea genotypes to investigate the molecular …

Breeding strategies for adaptation of pearl millet and sorghum to climate variability and change in West Africa

BIG Haussmann, H Fred Rattunde… - Journal of Agronomy …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Semi‐arid and subhumid West Africa is characterized by high inter‐annual rainfall
variability, with variable onset of the rainy season, somewhat more predictable endings, and …

Deploying QTL-seq for rapid delineation of a potential candidate gene underlying major trait-associated QTL in chickpea

S Das, HD Upadhyaya, D Bajaj, A Kujur… - DNA …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
A rapid high-resolution genome-wide strategy for molecular map** of major QTL (s)/gene
(s) regulating important agronomic traits is vital for in-depth dissection of complex …

An advanced draft genome assembly of a desi type chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

S Parween, K Nawaz, R Roy, AK Pole… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important pulse legume crop. We previously reported a
draft genome assembly of the desi chickpea cultivar ICC 4958. Here we report an advanced …

Deep Transcriptome Sequencing of Wild Halophyte Rice, Porteresia coarctata, Provides Novel Insights into the Salinity and Submergence Tolerance Factors

R Garg, M Verma, S Agrawal, R Shankar… - DNA …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Porteresia coarctata is a wild relative of rice with capability of high salinity and submergence
tolerance. The transcriptome analyses of Porteresia can lead to the identification of …

Transcriptome Sequencing of Mung Bean (Vigna radiate L.) Genes and the Identification of EST-SSR Markers

H Chen, L Wang, S Wang, C Liu, MW Blair, X Cheng - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Mung bean (Vigna radiate (L.) Wilczek) is an important traditional food legume crop, with
high economic and nutritional value. It is widely grown in China and other Asian countries …

Draft genome sequence of Cicer reticulatum L., the wild progenitor of chickpea provides a resource for agronomic trait improvement

S Gupta, K Nawaz, S Parween, R Roy, K Sahu… - DNA …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Cicer reticulatum L. is the wild progenitor of the fourth most important legume crop chickpea
(C. arietinum L.). We assembled short-read sequences into 416 Mb draft genome of C …