Book chapter
Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.): An ideal crop for sustainable agriculture
Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Legumes, pp.409-429
Springer
2019
Abstract
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.
Details
- Title
- Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.): An ideal crop for sustainable agriculture
- Authors/Creators
- R.K. Saxena (Author/Creator) - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid TropicsK.B. Saxena (Author/Creator) - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid TropicsR.K. Varshney (Author/Creator) - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
- Contributors
- J.M. Al-Khayri (Editor)S.M. Jain (Editor)D.V. Johnson (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Legumes, pp.409-429
- Publisher
- Springer
- Identifiers
- 991005540285307891
- Copyright
- © 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
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