The Pigeonpea Genome

1. The Pigeonpea Genome: An Overview
Rajeev K. Varshney, Rachit K. Saxena, Scott A. Jackson

2. Key Plant and Grain Characteristics and Their Importance in Breeding and Adaptation of Pigeonpea Cultivars
K. B. Saxena, Rachit K. Saxena, Rajeev K. Varshney

3. Botanical Description of Pigeonpea [Cajanus Cajan (L.) Millsp.]
C. V. Sameer Kumar, S. J. Satheesh Naik, Nidhi Mohan, Rachit K. Saxena, Rajeev K. Varshney

4. Wide Crossing Technology for Pigeonpea Improvement
Nalini Mallikarjuna, Rachit K. Saxena, M. Byre Gowda, Rajeev K. Varshney

5. Modern Genomic Tools for Pigeonpea Improvement: Status and Prospects
Abhishek Bohra, Shalini Pareek, Rintu Jha, Rachit K. Saxena, Indra P. Singh, Gaurav Pandey, Raj K. Mishra, Farindra Singh, Mayank Kaashyap, Rohit Joshi, Rajeev K. Varshney

6. Molecular Mapping of Genes and QTLs in Pigeonpea
Reyazul Rouf Mir, Irshad Ahmad Rather, Mohd Ashraf Bhat, G. A. Parray, Rajeev K. Varshney

7. Germplasm Characterization and Trait Discovery
Christopher P. Krieg, Mulualem T. Kassa, Eric J. B. Wettberg

8. Whole-Genome Sequencing of Pigeonpea: Requirement, Background History, Current Status and Future Prospects for Crop Improvement
Rachit K. Saxena, Rajeev K. Varshney

9. Sequencing Pigeonpea Genome
Vikas K. Singh, Rachit K. Saxena, Rajeev K. Varshney

10. Future Prospects
Rajeev K. Varshney, Rachit K. Saxena, Scott A. Jackson

Keywords: Life Sciences, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Agriculture