The Chickpea Genome

1. The Chickpea Genome: An Introduction
Rajeev K. Varshney, Mahendar Thudi, Fred J. Muehlbauer

2. Economic Importance of Chickpea: Production, Value, and World Trade
Fred J. Muehlbauer, Ashutosh Sarker

3. Botany of Chickpea
Sobhan B. Sajja, Srinivasan Samineni, Pooran M. Gaur

4. Cytogenetics of Cicer

Miroslava Karafiátová, Eva Hřibová, Jaroslav Doležel

5. Managing and Discovering Agronomically Beneficial Traits in Chickpea Germplasm Collections
Hari D. Upadhyaya, Sangam L. Dwivedi, Shivali Sharma

6. Advances in Chickpea Genomic Resources for Accelerating the Crop Improvement
Manish Roorkiwal, Ankit Jain, Mahendar Thudi, Rajeev K. Varshney

7. Classical Genetics and Gene Mapping
Amit Deokar, Bunyamin Tar’an

8. Genetic Mapping and Quantitative Trait Loci
T. Millán, E. Madrid, P. Castro, J. Gil, J. Rubio

9. Requirement of Whole-Genome Sequencing and Background History of the National and International Genome Initiatives
Mahendar Thudi, Rajeev K. Varshney

10. Sequencing the Chickpea Genome
Aamir Waseem Khan, Mahendar Thudi, Rajeev K. Varshney, David Edwards

11. Impact of Genomics on Chickpea Breeding
Srinivasan Samineni, Mahendar Thudi, Sobhan B. Sajja, Rajeev K. Varshney, Pooran M. Gaur

12. Future Prospects for Chickpea Research
Rajeev K. Varshney, Mahendar Thudi, Fred J. Muehlbauer

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