Genomic tools and germplasm diversity for chickpea improvement

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-58

  Upadhyaya, Hari D ^a   Thudi, Mahendar ^a   Dronavalli, Naresh ^a   Gujaria, Neha ^a   Singh, Sube ^a   Sharma, Shivali ^a   Varshney, Rajeev K ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

allelic diversity; Cicer; genomic resources; germplasm repositories; mini core; reference set; trait specific germplasm

Indexed keywords

CICER; CICER ARIETINUM;

EID: 84855716293     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262110000468     Document Type: Article

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