Exciting journey of 10 years from genomes to fields and markets: Some success stories of genomics-assisted breeding in chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut

Plant Science

Volumn 242, Issue , 2016, Pages 98-107

  Varshney, Rajeev K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chickpea; Genomic resources; Genomics assisted breeding; Groundnut; Legumes; Pigeonpea

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS; BIOMASS; CAJANUS; CICER; CROP; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENOME; PROCEDURES; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ARACHIS; BIOMASS; CAJANUS; CICER; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; PLANT BREEDING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84946593025     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: 18732259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.09.009     Document Type: Review

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