Functional genomics in chickpea: an emerging frontier for molecular-assisted breeding

Functional Plant Biology : FPB
Tristan E CoramEdwin C K Pang

Abstract

Chickpea is a valuable and important agricultural crop, but yield potential is limited by a series of biotic and abiotic stresses, including Ascochyta blight, Fusarium wilt, drought, cold and salinity. To accelerate molecular breeding efforts for the discovery and introgression of stress tolerance genes into cultivated chickpea, functional genomics approaches are rapidly growing. Recently a series of genetic tools for chickpea have become available that have allowed high-powered functional genomics studies to proceed, including a dense genetic map, large insert genome libraries, expressed sequence tag libraries, microarrays, serial analysis of gene expression, transgenics and reverse genetics. This review summarises the development of these genomic tools and the achievements made in initial and emerging functional genomics studies. Much of the initial research focused on Ascochyta blight resistance, and a resistance model has been synthesised based on the results of various studies. Use of the rich comparative genomics resources from the model legumes Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus is also discussed. Finally, perspectives on the future directions for chickpea functional genomics, with the goal of developing elite chick...Continue Reading

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