The Prospects of gene introgression from crop wild relatives into cultivated lentil for climate change mitigation.

ABSTRACT: Crop wild relatives (CWRs), landraces and exotic germplasm are important sources of genetic variability, alien alleles, and useful crop traits that can help mitigate a plethora of abiotic and biotic stresses and crop yield reduction arising due to global climatic changes. In the pulse crop genus Lens, the cultivated varieties have a narrow genetic base due to recurrent selections, genetic bottleneck and linkage drag. The collection and characterization of wild Lens germplasm resources have offered new avenues for the genetic improvement and development of stress-tolerant, climate-resilient lentil varieties with sustainable yield gains to meet future food and nutritional requirements. Most of the lentil breeding traits such as high-yield, adaptation to abiotic stresses and res

SUBMITTER: Rajpal VR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10044020 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature