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Towards marker‐assisted selection in pulses: a review
Author(s) -
Kumar Jitendra,
Choudhary Arbind K.,
Solanki Ramesh K.,
Pratap Aditya
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
plant breeding
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.583
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1439-0523
pISSN - 0179-9541
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2011.01851.x
Subject(s) - biology , marker assisted selection , selection (genetic algorithm) , microbiology and biotechnology , genotyping , molecular marker , genomic selection , genetic marker , molecular breeding , plant breeding , trait , productivity , quantitative trait locus , agronomy , genetics , genotype , computer science , gene , single nucleotide polymorphism , macroeconomics , artificial intelligence , economics , programming language
With 2 figures and 2 tablesAbstract Pulses are important sources of proteins in vegetarian diet. However, genetic improvement in production and productivity of pulse crops has been very slow owing to several constraints. The present view of researchers is that the effectiveness and efficiency of conventional breeding can be significantly improved by using molecular markers. Nowadays, molecular markers are routinely utilized worldwide in all major crops as a component of breeding. The pace of development of molecular markers and other genomic sources has been accelerated in chickpea, pigeon pea and some other pulses, and marker–trait associations have been established for a number of important agronomic traits. The efforts are underway to use high‐throughput genotyping platforms besides developing more genomic resources in other pulses. So far, progress in the use of marker‐assisted selection as a part of pulse breeding programmes has been very slow and limited to few pulse crops such as chickpea and common bean. In this article, we have reviewed the progress made, limitations encountered and future possibilities for the application of marker‐assisted selection in the genetic improvement of pulse crops.