The Pigeonpea Genome

Description

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 considered to be originated and domesticated in central India from where it travelled to different parts of the world such as Africa and Latin America. In ongoing scenario of climate change, biotic and especially abiotic stresses will make the conditions more challenging for entire agriculture. This volume focusing on the pigeonpea genome will collate the information on the genome sequencing and its utilization in genomics activities, with a focus on the current findings, advanced tools and strategies deployed in pigeonpea genome sequencing and analysis, and how this information is leading to direct outcomes for plant breeders and subsequently to farmers. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv The Pigeonpea Genome: An Overview (Rajeev K. Varshney, Rachit K. Saxena, Scott A. Jackson)....Pages 1-4 Key Plant and Grain Characteristics and Their Importance in Breeding and Adaptation of Pigeonpea Cultivars (K. B. Saxena, Rachit K. Saxena, Rajeev K. Varshney)....Pages 5-15 Botanical Description of Pigeonpea [Cajanus Cajan (L.) Millsp.] (C. V. Sameer Kumar, S. J. Satheesh Naik, Nidhi Mohan, Rachit K. Saxena, Rajeev K. Varshney)....Pages 17-29 Wide Crossing Technology for Pigeonpea Improvement (Nalini Mallikarjuna, Rachit K. Saxena, M. Byre Gowda, Rajeev K. Varshney)....Pages 31-39 Modern Genomic Tools for Pigeonpea Improvement: Status and Prospects (Abhishek Bohra, Shalini Pareek, Rintu Jha, Rachit K. Saxena, Indra P. Singh, Gaurav Pandey et al.)....Pages 41-54 Molecular Mapping of Genes and QTLs in Pigeonpea (Reyazul Rouf Mir, Irshad Ahmad Rather, Mohd Ashraf Bhat, G. A. Parray, Rajeev K. Varshney)....Pages 55-64 Germplasm Characterization and Trait Discovery (Christopher P. Krieg, Mulualem T. Kassa, Eric J. B. von Wettberg)....Pages 65-79 Whole-Genome Sequencing of Pigeonpea: Requirement, Background History, Current Status and Future Prospects for Crop Improvement (Rachit K. Saxena, Rajeev K. Varshney)....Pages 81-91 Sequencing Pigeonpea Genome (Vikas K. Singh, Rachit K. Saxena, Rajeev K. Varshney)....Pages 93-97 Future Prospects (Rajeev K. Varshney, Rachit K. Saxena, Scott A. Jackson)....Pages 99-104