The Pigeonpea Genome

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...

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Bibliographic Details
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,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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.