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Advances in biotechnological applications in three important food legumes

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Title Advances in biotechnological applications in three important food legumes
 
Creator Das, Alok
Parida, Swarup K.
 
Subject Legumes
Chickpea
Pigeonpea
Soybean
Sequencing
Genomics
Proteomics
Metabolomics
Transgenics
 
Description Accepted date: 19 July 2013
Legumes are the third largest family of flowering plants, known for their unique capacity of symbiotic nitrogen fixation. The draft genome sequences of three important food legumes [soybean (Glycine max), pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum)] have been completed. Coupled with a deluge of information on transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics, they present a huge amount of genomic resources for the genetic improvement of legume crops. Developed molecular markers, structurally and functionally annotated genes/quantitative trait loci/alleles and regulatory sequences can be utilized in improvement breeding programmes. Further, the genetic transformation of two valuable pulses (chickpea and pigeonpea) has now taken centre stage, realizing the potential of genetically modified soybean, for enhanced prospects of food production. Together, the advances in biotechnological tools and the research community’s capacity to develop imaginative strategies will help in framing a legume development programme for ensuring the nutritional security of the world.
We thank the Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR) and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT),
Government of India, for funding research in our laboratories. We are
grateful to all our colleagues for providing helpful suggestions for this
manuscript.
 
Date 2015-12-11T10:13:12Z
2015-12-11T10:13:12Z
2014
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Plant Biotechnology Reports, 8(2): 83-99
1863-5474
http://172.16.0.77:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/400
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11816-013-0299-7
10.1007/s11816-013-0299-7
 
Language en_US
 
Publisher Springer