The Pigeonpea Genome

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Varshney, Rajeev K. (Editor), Saxena, Rachit K. (Editor), Jackson, Scott A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Compendium of Plant Genomes,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Genetics and Genomics.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.

Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) is a crop of small land holding farmers in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. It has a number of usages starting from protein rich food to vegetarian families; fuel wood; nitrogen supplier to soil; recycling minerals in soil to animal feed etc. Pigeonpea has been cons...

Table of Contents:

• Pigeonpea genome: An overview
• Key plant and grain characteristics and their importance in breeding and adaptation of pigeonpea cultivars
• Botanical description of pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.)Millsp.]
• Wide crossing technology for pigeonpea improvement
• Modern genomic tools for pigeonpea improvement: Status and Prospects
• Molecular mapping of genes and QTLs in pigeonpea
• Germplasm characterization and trait discovery
• Whole-genome sequencing of pigeonpea: requirement, background history, current status and future prospects for crop improvement
• Sequencing pigeonpea genome
• Future prospects.