Utilization of introgression lines derived from wild Cajanus species for pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) improvement
- Grant No
- Utilization of introgression lines from wild Cajanus for pigeonpea improvement
- Project Description
- Pigeonpea is a widely adapted food legume crop cultivated throughout the semi-arid tropics and subtropics. It is of considerable importance in South Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America where it is grown primarily as a food crop. Due to its narrow genetic base, the genetic enhancement is not adequate in this crop and the productivity is hovering around 800 kg/ha for the past six decades. Hence, there is a need to exploit new and diverse sources of variations for the genetic improvement of pigeonpea. Wild Cajanus species possess high levels of resistance/tolerance for various biotic/abiotic stresses and provide novel genetic variations for pigeonpea improvement. Using wild species from secondary and tertiary genepools as donors, and pigeonpea cultivars as recipients, pre-breeding populations have been developed.
- Institute Name
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India(ICRISAT)
- Institute Country
- India
- List of Countries
- Myanmar
- India
- Crops
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Crop Seed or Veg type Acc collected Acc regenerated Acc sent to CG Acc introduced to genebank Acc sent to Svalbard Pigeonpea 0 0 0 0 0 - Program Name
- Crop Wild Relatives
- Donor
- Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
- Start Date
- 1st of July 2018
- End Date
- 30th of September 2020
- Status
- Completed