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Chickpea Hybridization Using In Vitro Techniques

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61737-988-8_8
 
Title Chickpea Hybridization Using In Vitro Techniques
 
Creator Mallikarjuna, N
Muehlbauer, F J
 
Subject Chickpea
 
Description Tissue culture techniques play an important role in the utilization of wild Cicer species for the improvement
of cultivated chickpea. Utilization of wild Cicer species has become essential as a series of evolutionary
bottlenecks have narrowed the genetic base of chickpea, thus making it susceptible to a range of diseases
and pests. Crosses with wild Cicer can broaden its genetic base and introduce useful traits. Except for two
wild species, none of the other Cicer species are cross-compatible. To use a range of Cicer species for the
improvement of chickpea, embryo rescue and tissue culture techniques are necessary. The success of the
cross with incompatible species depended on a range of techniques including the application of growth
regulators to pollinated pistils and saving aborting embryos in vitro. Further, the chances of successful
transfer of hybrid shoots to soil are greater if the hybrid shoots are grafted to chickpea stocks
 
Publisher Springer
 
Date 2011
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Mallikarjuna, N and Muehlbauer, F J (2011) Chickpea Hybridization Using In Vitro Techniques. In: Plant Embryo Culture: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 710 . Springer, Germany, pp. 93-105. ISBN 1617379875