Singh, D. P. and Singh, B. B. (2011) Breeding for tolerance to abiotic stresses in mungbean. Journal of Food Legumes, 24 (2). pp. 83-90.
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Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L) Wilczek] is one of the important short duration pulse crops. It is grown over a wide range of soils throughout the world. Historically, India has been the largest global producer and consumer of mungbean. Over the years, systematic breeding efforts have led to the development of a large number of improved varieties in this crop. However, its true yield potential has yet not been achieved owing to several constraints. One of the major constraints is its susceptibility to a number of abiotic stresses. High temperature stress during germination and flowering, waterlogging stress during early growth stages, and drought and salinity stresses during the entire life cycle of the crop cause considerable yield losses in mungbean. However, breeding for abiotic stress resistance has unfortunately remained neglected in mungbean. Due to complex nature of these stresses and lack of appropriate screening techniques, outcomes achieved have been less. Keeping in view the importance of these stresses, development of mungbean genotypes, which can retain maximum number of flowers and produce productive pods during high temperature (> 40° C) and tolerate drought and salinity stresses, are essential to increase mungbean production in the country. Some efforts have been undertaken in this direction besides screening of mungbean genotypes for salinity stress as well as for heat tolerance. However, limited basic information is available on these aspects. This review summarizes the work done on breeding for abiotic stress tolerance in mungbean.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Drought, High temperature, Salinity, Vigna radiata, Waterlogging. |
| Author Affiliation: | G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar-263 145, Uttarakhand, India |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Other Crops |
| Depositing User: | Mr Siva Shankar |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jun 2012 08:17 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2012 08:17 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/6038 |
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