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

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Title Pearl millet genome sequence provides a resource to improve agronomic traits in arid environments
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Creator Rajeev K Varshney
Chengcheng Shi
Mahendar Thudi
Cedric Mariac
Jason Wallace
Peng Qi
He Zhang
Yusheng Zhao
Xiyin Wang
Abhishek Rathore
Rakesh K Srivastava
Annapurna Chitikineni
Guangyi Fan
Prasad Bajaj
Somashekhar Punnuri
S K Gupta
Hao Wang
Yong Jiang
Marie Couderc
Mohan A V S K Katta
Dev R Paudel
K D Mungra
Wenbin Chen
Karen R Harris-Shultz
Vanika Garg
Neetin Desai
Dadakhalandar Doddamani
Ndjido Ardo Kane
Joann A Conner
Arindam Ghatak
Palak Chaturvedi
Sabarinath Subramaniam
Om Parkash Yadav
Cécile Berthouly-Salazar
Falalou Hamidou
Jianping Wang
Xinming Liang
Jérémy Clotault
Hari D Upadhyaya
Philippe Cubry
Bénédicte Rhoné
Mame Codou Gueye
Ramanjulu Sunkar
Christian Dupuy
Francesca Sparvoli
Shifeng Cheng
R S Mahala
Bharat Singh
Rattan S Yadav
Eric Lyons
Swapan K Datta
C Tom Hash
Katrien M Devos
Edward Buckler
Jeffrey L Bennetzen
Andrew H Paterson
Peggy Ozias-Akins
Stefania Grando
Jun Wang
Trilochan Mohapatra
Wolfram Weckwerth
Jochen C Reif
Xin Liu
Yves Vigouroux
Xun Xu
 
Subject Pearl millet
genome sequencE
agronomic trait
arid environment
 
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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.
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Date 2021-08-03T05:06:14Z
2021-08-03T05:06:14Z
2017-09-18
 
Type Research Paper
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/52419
 
Language English
 
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Publisher NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY