Achievements and prospects of genomics-assisted breeding in three legume crops of the semi-arid tropics
Rajeev K. Varshney,S. Murali Mohan,Pooran M. Gaur,N. V. P. R. Gangarao,Manish K. Pandey,Manish K. Pandey,Abhishek Bohra,S. L. Sawargaonkar,Annapurna Chitikineni,Paul Kimurto,Pasupuleti Janila,Kulbhushan Saxena,Asnake Fikre,Mamta Sharma,Abhishek Rathore,Aditya Pratap,Shailesh Tripathi,Subhojit Datta,Sushil K. Chaturvedi,Nalini Mallikarjuna,G. Anuradha,Anita Babbar,A. K. Choudhary,M. B. Mhase,Ch. Bharadwaj,D. M. Mannur,P. N. Harer,Baozhu Guo,Xuanqiang Liang,N. Nadarajan,C. L. L. Gowda +30 more
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The use of integrated genomics and breeding approach in these legume crops to enhance crop productivity in marginal environments ensuring food security in developing countries is proposed.About:
This article is published in Biotechnology Advances.The article was published on 2013-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 278 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Molecular breeding.read more
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Drought Stress Impacts on Plants and Different Approaches to Alleviate Its Adverse Effects.
Mahmoud F. Seleiman,Nasser Al-Suhaibani,Nawab Ali,Mohammad Akmal,Majed A. Alotaibi,Yahya Refay,Turgay Dindaroglu,Hafiz Haleem Abdul-Wajid,Martin Leonardo Battaglia +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have discussed the sophisticated adaptation mechanisms and regularity network that improves the water stress tolerance and adaptation in plants, including growth pattern and structural dynamics, reduction in transpiration loss through altering stomatal conductance and distribution, leaf rolling, root-to-shoot ratio dynamics, root length increment, accumulation of compatible solutes, enhancement of transpiration efficiency, osmotic and hormonal regulation, and delayed senescence.
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Marker-assisted backcrossing to introgress resistance to fusarium wilt race 1 and ascochyta blight in C 214, an elite cultivar of chickpea
Rajeev K. Varshney,Rajeev K. Varshney,S. M. Mohan,Pooran M. Gaur,Siva K. Chamarthi,Vikas K. Singh,Samineni Srinivasan,N. Swapna,Mamta Sharma,Suresh Pande,Sukhbir Singh,Lovepreet Kaur +11 more
TL;DR: Two parallel marker‐assisted backcrossing programs by targeting foc1 locus and two quantitative trait loci regions, ABQTL‐I and ABQ TL‐II, were undertaken to introgress resistance to FW and AB, respectively, in C 214, an elite cultivar of chickpea.
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Application of genomics-assisted breeding for generation of climate resilient crops: Progress and prospects
Chittaranjan Kole,Mehanathan Muthamilarasan,Robert J Henry,David Edwards,Rishu Sharma,Michael Abberton,Jacqueline Batley,Alison R. Bentley,Michael Blakeney,John A. Bryant,Hongwei Cai,Mehmet Cakir,Leland J. Cseke,James Cockram,Antonio Costa de Oliveira,Ciro de Pace,Hannes Dempewolf,Shelby Ellison,Paul Gepts,Andy Greenland,Anthony Hall,Kiyosumi Hori,Stephen Hughes,Michael W. Humphreys,Massimo Iorizzo,Abdelbagi M. Ismail,Athole H. Marshall,Sean Mayes,Henry T. Nguyen,Francis C. Ogbonnaya,Rodomiro Ortiz,Andrew H. Paterson,Philipp W. Simon,Joe Tohme,Roberto Tuberosa,Babu Valliyodan,Rajeev K. Varshney,Stan D. Wullschleger,Masahiro Yano,Manoj Prasad +39 more
TL;DR: The present review elaborates the progress and prospects of GAB for improving climate change resilience in crops, which is likely to play an ever increasing role in the effort to ensure global food security.
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphism-based Genetic Diversity in the Reference Set of Peanut (Arachis spp.) by Developing and Applying Cost-Effective Kompetitive Allele Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction Genotyping Assays
Pawan Khera,Hari D. Upadhyaya,Manish K. Pandey,Manish Roorkiwal,Manda Sriswathi,Pasupuleti Janila,Yufang Guo,Michael R. McKain,Ervin D. Nagy,Steven J. Knapp,Jim Leebens-Mack,Joann A. Conner,Peggy Ozias-Akins,Rajeev K. Varshney,Rajeev K. Varshney +14 more
TL;DR: These validated and highly informative GKAMs may be useful for genetics and breeding applications in Arachis species and are screened on 280 diverse genotypes of the reference set for estimating diversity features and elucidating genetic relationships.
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Emerging Genomic Tools for Legume Breeding: Current Status and Future Prospects
Manish K. Pandey,Manish Roorkiwal,Vikas K. Singh,Abirami Ramalingam,Himabindu Kudapa,Mahendar Thudi,A. Chitikineni,Abhishek Rathore,Rajeev K. Varshney,Rajeev K. Varshney +9 more
TL;DR: An overview of emerging genomics and informatics tools/approaches that will be the key driving force for accelerating genomics-assisted breeding and ultimately ensuring nutritional and food security in developing countries is provided.
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