Genetic dissection of drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Rajeev K. Varshney,Mahendar Thudi,Spurthi N. Nayak,Pooran M. Gaur,Junichi Kashiwagi,Lakshmanan Krishnamurthy,Deepa Jaganathan,Jahnavi Koppolu,Abhishek Bohra,Shailesh Tripathi,Abhishek Rathore,Aravind K. Jukanti,Veera Jayalakshmi,Anilkumar Vemula,Sikha Singh,Mohammad Yasin,M. S. Sheshshayee,K. P. Viswanatha

Genetic dissection of drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

2014

Rajeev K. Varshney
Mahendar Thudi
Spurthi N. Nayak
Pooran M. Gaur
Junichi Kashiwagi
Lakshmanan Krishnamurthy
Deepa Jaganathan
Jahnavi Koppolu
Abhishek Bohra
Shailesh Tripathi
Abhishek Rathore
Aravind K. Jukanti
Veera Jayalakshmi
Anilkumar Vemula
Sikha Singh
Mohammad Yasin
M. S. Sheshshayee
K. P. Viswanatha

Key message Analysis of phenotypic data for 20 drought tolerance traits in 1–7 seasons at 1–5 locations together with genetic mapping data for two mapping populations provided 9 QTL clusters of which one present on CaLG04 has a high potential to enhance drought tolerance in chickpea improvement.

Keywords:

Botany
Plant breeding
Biology
Quantitative trait locus
Drought tolerance
Gene mapping
Agronomy
genetic dissection
Biotechnology
drought resistance
plant biochemistry
Plant genetics

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