Genetic variation map to enhance chickpea breeding

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 November Genetic variation map to enhance chickpea breeding Genetic variation map to enhance chickpea breeding 11/11/2021 | 3 MINS An international team of scientists, including researchers from Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs Institute of Agriculture, has successfully catalogued the genomic diversity of chickpea ΓÇô which will lead to breeding new high-yielding and more resilient varieties. A research article, published in the prestigious Nature journal, outlined how 57 scientists from 41 organisations and 11 countries used genomic sequencing to map the variation in 3,171 cultivated and 195 wild chickpea accessions (unique seed samples). It is the worldΓÇÖs largest plant genome sequencing effort of its kind. The resulting ΓÇÿchickpea pan-genomeΓÇÖ is now a publicly available resource for genomics researchers and plant breeders to enhance chickpea breeding strategies for greater crop productivity, climate resilience and human health benefits. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important pulse crop for nutritional security and human hea

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 November Genetic variation map to enhance chickpea breeding Genetic variation map to enhance chickpea breeding 11/11/2021 | 3 MINS An international team of scientists, including researchers from Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs Institute of Agriculture, has successfully catalogued the genomic diversity of chickpea ΓÇô which will lead to breeding new high-yielding and more resilient varieties.

A research article, published in the prestigious Nature journal, outlined how 57 scientists from 41 organisations and 11 countries used genomic sequencing to map the variation in 3,171 cultivated and 195 wild chickpea accessions (unique seed samples).

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