Authors
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, SJ Singh, Mohammad Yasin, MS Sheshshayee, KP Viswanatha
Publication date
2014/2
Journal
Theoretical and Applied Genetics
Volume
127
Pages
445-462
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Description
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.
Abstract
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the second most important grain legume cultivated by resource poor farmers in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Drought is one of the major constraints leading up to 50 % production losses in chickpea. In order to dissect the complex nature of drought tolerance and to use genomics tools for enhancing yield of chickpea under drought conditions, two mapping populations—ICCRIL03 (ICC 4958 × ICC 1882) and ICCRIL04 (ICC 283 × ICC 8261) segregating for drought tolerance …
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