Global wild annual Lens collection: a potential resource for lentil genetic base broadening and yield enhancement.

ABSTRACT: Crop wild relatives (CWRs) are invaluable gene sources for various traits of interest, yet these potential resources are themselves increasingly threatened by the impact of climate change as well as other anthropogenic and socio-economic factors. The prime goal of our research was to cover all aspects of wild Lens genetic resource management like species characterization, agro-morphological evaluation, diversity assessment, and development of representative sets for its enhanced utilization in lentil base broadening and yield improvement initiatives. We characterized and evaluated extensively, the global wild annual Lens taxa, originating from twenty seven counties under two agro-climatic conditions of India consecutively for three cropping seasons. Results on various qualitative and quant

SUBMITTER: Singh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4177869 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature