Journal article
Genomic tools in groundnut breeding program: Status and perspectives
Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol.7, Art. 00289
2016
Abstract
Groundnut, a nutrient-rich food legume, is cultivated world over. It is valued for its good quality cooking oil, energy and protein rich food, and nutrient-rich fodder. Globally, groundnut improvement programs have developed varieties to meet the preferences of farmers, traders, processors, and consumers. Enhanced yield, tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses and quality parameters have been the target traits. Spurt in genetic information of groundnut was facilitated by development of molecular markers, genetic, and physical maps, generation of expressed sequence tags (EST), discovery of genes, and identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL) for some important biotic and abiotic stresses and quality traits. The first groundnut variety developed using marker assisted breeding (MAB) was registered in 2003. Since then, USA, China, Japan, and India have begun to use genomic tools in routine groundnut improvement programs. Introgression lines that combine foliar fungal disease resistance and early maturity were developed using MAB. Establishment of marker-trait associations (MTA) paved way to integrate genomic tools in groundnut breeding for accelerated genetic gain. Genomic Selection (GS) tools are employed to improve drought tolerance and pod yield, governed by several minor effect QTLs. Draft genome sequence and low cost genotyping tools such as genotyping by sequencing (GBS) are expected to accelerate use of genomic tools to enhance genetic gains for target traits in groundnut.
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- Title
- Genomic tools in groundnut breeding program: Status and perspectives
- Authors/Creators
- P. Janila (Author/Creator) - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid TropicsM.T. Variath (Author/Creator) - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid TropicsM.K. Pandey (Author/Creator) - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid TropicsH. Desmae (Author/Creator) - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid TropicsB.N. Motagi (Author/Creator) - International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics Kano, Nigeria.P. Okori (Author/Creator) - International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics Lilongwe, Malawi.S.S. Manohar (Author/Creator) - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid TropicsA.L. Rathnakumar (Author/Creator) - Directorate of Groundnut ResearchT. Radhakrishnan (Author/Creator) - Directorate of Groundnut ResearchB. Liao (Author/Creator) - Oil Crops Research InstituteR.K. Varshney (Author/Creator) - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol.7, Art. 00289
- Publisher
- Frontiers
- Identifiers
- 991005544061207891
- Copyright
- © 2016 The Authors.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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