Gene Editing and Transformation Strategies for Engineering Drought‐Tolerant Legumes
Legume Science, Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT Legumes play a vital role in agriculture, nutrition, and the economy, but their production faces significant threats. Among these, drought and its unpredictability will be the most damaging constraint in the coming decades. Enhancing drought tolerance is essential for resilient and sustainable legume cultivation, and genetic engineering ...
Andrea Fernandez‐Gutierrez +2 more
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Genomics-assisted breeding for boosting crop improvement in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan)
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2015 Pigeonpea is an important pulse crop grown predominantly in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Although pigeonpea growing area has considerably increased, yield has remained stagnant for the last six decades mainly due to the exposure of
Lekha ePazhamala +19 more
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Maize-Pigeonpea Intercropping Outperforms Monocultures Under Drought
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020 There is an urgent need to develop resilient agroecosystems capable of helping smallholder farmers adapt to climate change, particularly drought. In East Africa, diversification of maize-based cropping systems by intercropping with grain and tree legumes
Leah L. R. Renwick +4 more
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Agriculture, 2022 Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) is an important grain legume, which, like several other legumes, depends on the process of biological nitrogen fixation for its nitrogen (N2) requirement by forming a symbiotic association with rhizobia. Compared to
Francina L. Bopape +5 more
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Capacity Building Workshop on Genetic Resources for CGIAR Scientists and Partners from Near East and Neighbouring Countries, 17 - 20 September 2018, ICARDA, Beirut, Lebanon [PDF]
, 2020 In September 2018, the CGIAR Genebank Platform Policy Module joined the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (AARINENA) to ...
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Role of morphological factors of pigeonpea in imparting resistance to spotted pod borer, Maruca vitrata Geyer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) [PDF]
, 2016 Morphological characters of eleven test genotypes of pigeonpea, such as growth habit, pubescence of pods and leaves, pod angle and pod wall thickness were studied in order to work out the relationship of these traits vis-à-vis resistance/susceptibility ...
Taggar, Gaurav Kumar +1 more
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Defense heterosis as a novel plant protection strategy: From theory to breeding practice
New Plant Protection, Volume 3, Issue 1, March 2026.Defense heterosis, the enhanced disease resistance of hybrids compared to their parents, has evolved from early observations of hybrid vigor to a novel research concept. Advances are now clarifying its diverse genetic and molecular mechanisms across various plant–pathogen interactions.
Kaiqi Xu, Xue Li, Fangfang Li
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Optimization of CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated CtPDS knockout in guar protoplasts
The Plant Genome, Volume 19, Issue 1, March 2026.Abstract Guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L. Taub.) is a climate‐resilient legume with industrial and agricultural applications. Recently, gene editing has emerged as a key genetic tool for crop improvement. Despite its recent increasing value as a commodity for various uses, there is no documented report of gene editing work in guar to date.
Protik Kumar Ghosh +5 more
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Survey on pigeon pea production systems, utilization and marketing in semi-arid lands of Kenya [PDF]
Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2001 In order to assess the status of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) production in Kenya, two surveys were carried out in Makueni and Mbeere Districts in areas representative of the main agro-ecological pigeonpea producing zone of the country : (Mid ...
Baudoin J.P. +7 more
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Mobilizing agro-biodiversity and social networks to cope with adverse effects of climate and social changes: experiences from Kitui, Kenya [PDF]
, 2015 Poster presented at 13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology.
Eyzaguirre, Pablo B. +4 more
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