Genetic dissection of drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

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TitleGenetic dissection of drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
AuthorsVarshney RK, Thudi M, Nayak SN, Gaur PM, Kashiwagi J, Krishnamurthy L, Jaganathan D, Koppolu J, Bohra A, Tripathi S, Rathore S, Jukanti AK, Jayalakshmi V, Vemula A, Singh SJ, Yasin M, Sheshshayee MS, Viswanatha KP
TypeJournal Article
Journal NameTheoretical Applied Genetics
Volume127
Issue2
Year2013
Page(s)445–462
CitationVarshney RK, Thudi M, Nayak SN, Gaur PM, Kashiwagi J, Krishnamurthy L, Jaganathan D, Koppolu J, Bohra A, Tripathi S, Rathore S, Jukanti AK, Jayalakshmi V, Vemula A, Singh SJ, Yasin M, Sheshshayee MS, Viswanatha KP. Genetic dissection of drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Theoretical Applied Genetics. 2013; 127(2):445–462.

Abstract

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the second most important grain legume cultivated by resource poor farmers in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Drought is one of the major constraints leading up to 50 % production losses in chickpea. In order to dissect the complex nature of drought tolerance and to use genomics tools for enhancing yield of chickpea under drought conditions, two mapping populations—ICCRIL03 (ICC 4958 × ICC 1882) and ICCRIL04 (ICC 283 × ICC 8261) segregating for drought tolerance-related root traits were phenotyped for a total of 20 drought component traits in 1–7 seasons at 1–5 locations in India. Individual genetic maps comprising 241 loci and 168 loci for ICCRIL03 and ICCRIL04, respectively, and a consensus genetic map comprising 352 loci were constructed (http://cmap.icrisat.ac.in/cmap/sm/cp/varshney/). Analysis of extensive genotypic and precise phenotypic data revealed 45 robust main-effect QTLs (M-QTLs) explaining up to 58.20 % phenotypic variation and 973 epistatic QTLs (E-QTLs) explaining up to 92.19 % phenotypic variation for several target traits. Nine QTL clusters containing QTLs for several drought tolerance traits have been identified that can be targeted for molecular breeding. Among these clusters, one cluster harboring 48 % robust M-QTLs for 12 traits and explaining about 58.20 % phenotypic variation present on CaLG04 has been referred as “QTL-hotspot”. This genomic region contains seven SSR markers (ICCM0249, NCPGR127, TAA170, NCPGR21, TR11, GA24 and STMS11). Introgression of this region into elite cultivars is expected to enhance drought tolerance in chickpea.
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Projects
This publication contains information about 1 projects:
Project NameDescription
Chickpea-Drought_Tolerance-Varshney- 2014
Stocks
This publication contains information about 6 stocks:
Stock NameUniquenameType
ICC4958ICC4958accession
ICC8261ICC8261accession
ICC283ICC283accession
ICC1882ICC1882accession
ICCRIL03ICCRIL03population
ICC 283ICCRIL04population
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DOI 10.1007/s00122-013-2230-6
URLhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3910274/