The pigeonpea genome

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 cons...

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Other Authors Varshney, R. K. 1973- (Editor), Saxena, Rachit K. (Editor), Jackson, Scott A. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
SeriesCompendium of plant genomes.
Subjects
Pigeon pea > Genetics.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319637976
9783319637952
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Pigeonpea genome: An overview
  • Key plant and grain characteristics and their importance in breeding and adaptation of pigeonpea cultivars
  • Botanical description of pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.)Millsp.]
  • Wide crossing technology for pigeonpea improvement
  • Modern genomic tools for pigeonpea improvement: Status and Prospects
  • Molecular mapping of genes and QTLs in pigeonpea
  • Germplasm characterization and trait discovery
  • Whole-genome sequencing of pigeonpea: requirement, background history, current status and future prospects for crop improvement
  • Sequencing pigeonpea genome
  • Future prospects.

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