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Pigeonpea breeding in eastern and southern Africa: challenges and opportunities

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pbr.12340
10.1111/pbr.12340
 
Title Pigeonpea breeding in eastern and southern Africa: challenges and opportunities
 
Creator Kaoneka, S R
Saxena, R K
Silim, S N
Odeny, D A
Ganga Rao, N V P R
Shimelis, H A
Siambi, M
Varshney, R K
 
Subject Pigeonpea
Genetics and Genomics
 
Description Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan [L.] Millspaugh) is an important multipurpose grain legume crop primarily grown in tropical and subtropical areas of Asia, Africa and Latin America. In Africa, the crop is grown for several purposes including food security, income generation, livestock feed and in agroforestry. Production in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) is however faced with many challenges including limited use of high-yielding cultivars, diseases and pests, drought, under-investment in research and lack of scientific expertise. The aim of this review is to highlight the challenges facing pigeonpea breeding research in ESA and the existing opportunities for improving the overall pigeonpea subsector in the region. We discuss the potential of the recently available pigeonpea genomic resources for accelerated molecular breeding, the prospects for conventional breeding and commercial hybrid pigeonpea, and the relevant seed policies, among others, which are viewed as opportunities to enhance pigeonpea productivity.
 
Publisher Blackwell Verlag GmbH
 
Date 2016
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/9308/1/Plant%20Breeding_135_148%E2%80%93154_2016.pdf
Kaoneka, S R and Saxena, R K and Silim, S N and Odeny, D A and Ganga Rao, N V P R and Shimelis, H A and Siambi, M and Varshney, R K (2016) Pigeonpea breeding in eastern and southern Africa: challenges and opportunities. Plant Breeding, 135 (2). pp. 148-154. ISSN 1439-0523