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Relation	http://oar.icrisat.org/373/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2008.12.004

Title	Orphan legume crops enter the genomics era

Creator	Varshney, R K Close, T J Singh, N K Hoisington, D A Cook, D R

Subject	Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics

Description	Many of the world's most important food legumes are grown in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia, where crop productivity is hampered by biotic and abiotic stresses. Until recently, these crops have also suffered from a dearth of genomic and molecular-genetic resources and thus were 'orphans' of the genome revolution. However, the community of legume researchers has begun a concerted effort to change this situation. The driving force is a series of international collaborations that benefit from recent advances in genome sequencing and genotyping technologies. The focus of these activities is the development of genome-scale data sets that can be used in high-throughput approaches to facilitate genomics-assisted breeding in these legumes.

Publisher	Elsevier

Date	2009

Type	Article PeerReviewed

Format	application/pdf

Language	en

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Identifier	http://oar.icrisat.org/373/1/CurrOpinPlBio12_2_202-210_2009.pdf Varshney, R K and Close, T J and Singh, N K and Hoisington, D A and Cook, D R (2009) Orphan legume crops enter the genomics era. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 12 (2). pp. 202-210.

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