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Introgression of morphological, phenological and productivity traits along with disease resistance from Cicer pinnatifidum into cultivated chickpea: a success story

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Wild Cicer species are known as potential genetic resources for resistance to a/biotic stresses as cultivated chickpea (C. arietinum L.) has a particularly narrow genetic base and suffers from a range of diseases. The present study was aimed to introgress valuable morphological, phenological, productivity traits and resistance against Ascochyta blight (AB) and Botrytis grey mould (BGM) diseases from wild Cicer pinnatifidum to cultivated chickpea (C. arietinum L.). A set of 158 inter-specific derivatives, derived from inter-specific cross between bushy mutant GL 23137 (C. arietinum) × IG 136820 (C. pinnatifidum), was evaluated along with the parents. Several derivatives were identified with superior traits. GLWP 38 recorded higher pods per plant, biomass per plant, seed yield per plant and 100-seed weight. Some derivatives with early flowering/maturity, erect/semi-erect growth habit and medium main branch length were also found. One AB resistant derivative (GLWP 55) and two BGM resistant derivatives (GLWP 61 and GLWP 63) were identified. Furthermore, genotyping-by-sequencing identified 1409 polymorphic single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers in derivatives and parents. These SNPs were used to perform graphical genotyping for confirming the degree of introgressions in different derivatives and also at chromosomal level from wild parent. The promising derivatives are being utilized currently in chickpea breeding programme to breed cultivars with improved yield levels and resistance against AB and BGM.

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The research grant provided under the project ‘Incentivizing Research in Agriculture’ by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi to SS for carrying out the research is highly acknowledged.

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Funding is provided by National Rice Research Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (Grant No. CS/F.No.16-8/2017-I AIV).

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Salaria, S., Bindra, S., Singh, I. et al. Introgression of morphological, phenological and productivity traits along with disease resistance from Cicer pinnatifidum into cultivated chickpea: a success story. Euphytica 219, 47 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-023-03172-7

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