Varshney, R.K. and Close, T.J. and Singh, N.K. and Hoisington, D.A. and Cook, D.R. (2009) Orphan legume crops enter the genomics era! Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 12 (2). pp. 202-210.
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Abstract
Many of the world's most important food legumes are grown in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia, where crop productivity is hampered by biotic and abiotic stresses. Until recently, these crops have also suffered from a dearth of genomic and molecular-genetic resources and thus were 'orphans' of the genome revolution. However, the community of legume researchers has begun a concerted effort to change this situation. The driving force is a series of international collaborations that benefit from recent advances in genome sequencing and genotyping technologies. The focus of these activities is the development of genome-scale data sets that can be used in high-throughput approaches to facilitate genomics-assisted breeding in these legumes
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502 324, A.P., India |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement > Plant Breeding |
| Divisions: | Other Crops |
| Depositing User: | Syamala |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2011 08:41 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2011 08:41 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2008.12.004 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/2118 |
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