Scientists at (ICRISAT) International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics following three years of stringent investigation alongside 21 research institutions worldwide have effectively finished the sequencing of Chickpea of all its 429 lines from 45 distinct countries.
This improvement is viewed as basic as chickpea is a significant harvest with more prominent supplement value and there is a need to make new assortments with higher attributes, for example, heat, dry season, bugs and ailment obstruction, other than higher yield and efficiency especially about the extending overall populace and dangers presented by environmental change.
This development is considered critical as chickpea is an important crop with greater nutrient value and there is a need to create new varieties with higher traits such as heat, drought, pests and disease resistance, besides higher yield and productivity particularly in the context of the expanding worldwide population and threats posed by climate change.
The sequencing study could help large-scale characterization of the germplasm, population genetics and crop breeding of chickpea and assists comprehend domestication and post-domestication divergence of chickpea. “The new knowledge in the sequencing will enable breeders to boost the usage of diverse germplasm and candidate genes in creating improved climate-change ready varieties which will contribute substantially to increase in productivity and sustainability of agricultural growth in developing countries,” explained ICRISAT Director General, Dr. Peter Carberry.
Partner Institutions that took part in the study are the Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Indian Agricultural Research Institute- IARI, Osmania University and University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru. A Chinese genome sequencing company – BGI Research was also a part of the project. The study results are published in the journal Nature Genetics.