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Pearl millet genome sequence provides a resource to improve agronomic traits in arid environments

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3943
10.1038/nbt.3943
 
Title Pearl millet genome sequence provides a resource to improve agronomic traits in arid environments
 
Creator Varshney, R K
Shi, C
Thudi, M
Mariac, C
Wallace, J
Qi, P
Zhang, H
Zhao, Y
Wang, X
Rathore, A
Srivastava, R K
Chitikineni, A
Fan, G
Bajaj, P
Punnuri, S
Gupta, S K
Wang, H
Jiang, Y
Couderc, M
Katta, M A V S K
Paudel, D R
Mungra, K D
Chen, W
Harris-Shultz, K R
Garg, V
Desai, N
Doddamani, D
Kane, N A
Conner, J A
Ghatak, A
Chaturvedi, P
Subramaniam, S
Yadav, O P
Berthouly-Salazar, C
Hamidou, F
Wang, J
Liang, X
Clotault, J
Upadhyaya, H D
Cubry, P
Rhoné, B
Gueye, M C
Sunkar, R
Dupuy, C
Sparvoli, F
Cheng, S
Mahala, R S
Singh, B
Yadav, R S
Lyons, E
Datta, S K
Hash, C T
Devos, K M
Buckler, E
Bennetzen, J L
Paterson, A H
Ozias-Akins, P
Grando, S
Wang, J
Mohapatra, T
Weckwerth, W
Reif, J C
Liu, X
Vigouroux, Y
Xu, X
 
Subject Genetic Engineering
Smart Foods
Plant Breeding
Cereals
Millets
Pearl Millet
Drylands Agriculture
Genetics and Genomics
Climate Change
African Agriculture
Drylands
 
Description Pearl millet [Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone] is a staple food for more than 90 million farmers in arid and semi-arid regions of sub-Saharan Africa, India and South Asia. We report the ~1.79 Gb draft whole genome sequence of reference genotype Tift 23D2B1-P1-P5, which contains an estimated 38,579 genes. We highlight the substantial enrichment for wax biosynthesis genes, which may contribute to heat and drought tolerance in this crop. We resequenced and analyzed 994 pearl millet lines, enabling insights into population structure, genetic diversity and domestication. We use these resequencing data to establish marker trait associations for genomic selection, to define heterotic pools, and to predict hybrid performance. We believe that these resources should empower researchers and breeders to improve this important staple crop.
 
Publisher Nature Publishing Group
 
Date 2017-09-18
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
application/pdf
 
Language en
en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10183/1/Pearl%20millet.pdf
http://oar.icrisat.org/10183/7/nbt0418-368d.pdf
Varshney, R K and Shi, C and Thudi, M and Mariac, C and Wallace, J and Qi, P and Zhang, H and Zhao, Y and Wang, X and Rathore, A and Srivastava, R K and Chitikineni, A and Fan, G and Bajaj, P and Punnuri, S and Gupta, S K and Wang, H and Jiang, Y and Couderc, M and Katta, M A V S K and Paudel, D R and Mungra, K D and Chen, W and Harris-Shultz, K R and Garg, V and Desai, N and Doddamani, D and Kane, N A and Conner, J A and Ghatak, A and Chaturvedi, P and Subramaniam, S and Yadav, O P and Berthouly-Salazar, C and Hamidou, F and Wang, J and Liang, X and Clotault, J and Upadhyaya, H D and Cubry, P and Rhoné, B and Gueye, M C and Sunkar, R and Dupuy, C and Sparvoli, F and Cheng, S and Mahala, R S and Singh, B and Yadav, R S and Lyons, E and Datta, S K and Hash, C T and Devos, K M and Buckler, E and Bennetzen, J L and Paterson, A H and Ozias-Akins, P and Grando, S and Wang, J and Mohapatra, T and Weckwerth, W and Reif, J C and Liu, X and Vigouroux, Y and Xu, X (2017) Pearl millet genome sequence provides a resource to improve agronomic traits in arid environments. Nature Biotechnology. pp. 1-13. ISSN 1087-0156