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1. Non-coding RNAs and plant male sterility: current knowledge and future prospects

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Mishra, Ankita;     Show all 2 Author
Source:
Plant cell reports 2018 v.37 no.2 pp. 177-191
ISSN:
0721-7714
Subject:
crops; cytoplasmic male sterility; gametophytes; genetically modified organisms; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; hybrids; males; microRNA; mitochondria; mitochondrial DNA; non-coding RNA; open reading frames; phenotype; photoperiod; plant industry; rice
Abstract:
... KEY MESSAGE: Latest outcomes assign functional role to non-coding (nc) RNA molecules in regulatory networks that confer male sterility to plants. Male sterility in plants offers great opportunity for improving crop performance through application of hybrid technology. In this respect, cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) and sterility induced by photoperiod (PGMS)/temperature (TGMS) have greatly facil ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00299-018-2248-y

2. Salinity stress response and ‘omics’ approaches for improving salinity stress tolerance in major grain legumes

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Jha, Uday Chand; Jha, Rintu; Parida, Swarup Kumar;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Plant cell reports 2019 v.38 no.3 pp. 255-277
ISSN:
0721-7714
Subject:
agricultural land; breeding methods; breeding programs; climate change; crops; cultivars; developing countries; dietary protein; epigenetics; food security; gene pool; human population; irrigation water; land management; legumes; nutrients; phenotype; plant breeding; salinity; salt stress; salt tolerance; stress response; stress tolerance
Abstract:
... KEY MESSAGE: Sustaining yield gains of grain legume crops under growing salt-stressed conditions demands a thorough understanding of plant salinity response and more efficient breeding techniques that effectively integrate modern omics knowledge. Grain legume crops are important to global food security being an affordable source of dietary protein and essential mineral nutrients to human populatio ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00299-019-02374-5

3. Toward the sequence-based breeding in legumes in the post-genome sequencing era

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Varshney, Rajeev K.; Pandey, Manish K.; Singh, Vikas K.; Thudi, Mahendar; Saxena, Rachit K.;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Theoretical and applied genetics 2019 v.132 no.3 pp. 797-816
ISSN:
0040-5752
Subject:
agronomic traits; backcrossing; breeding programs; chickpeas; crops; cultivars; genetic improvement; genetic variation; genomics; genotyping; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; marker-assisted selection; peanuts; phenotype; pigeon peas
Abstract:
... Efficiency of breeding programs of legume crops such as chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut has been considerably improved over the past decade through deployment of modern genomic tools and technologies. For instance, next-generation sequencing technologies have facilitated availability of genome sequence assemblies, re-sequencing of several hundred lines, development of HapMaps, high-density genet ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00122-018-3252-x

4. Breeding approaches and genomics technologies to increase crop yield under low-temperature stress

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Jha, Uday Chand; Jha, Rintu;     Show all 3 Authors
Source:
Plant cell reports 2017 v.36 no.1 pp. 1-35
ISSN:
0721-7714
Subject:
breeding programs; chromosome mapping; cold stress; cold tolerance; crop yield; food production; genes; genetic background; genomics; high-yielding varieties; plant breeding; plant genetic resources; quantitative trait loci; sequence analysis; signal transduction; temperature
Abstract:
... KEY MESSAGE: Improved knowledge about plant cold stress tolerance offered by modern omics technologies will greatly inform future crop improvement strategies that aim to breed cultivars yielding substantially high under low-temperature conditions. Alarmingly rising temperature extremities present a substantial impediment to the projected target of 70% more food production by 2050. Low-temperature ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00299-016-2073-0

5. Genomics enabled breeding approaches for improving cadmium stress tolerance in plants

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Jha, Uday Chand;     Show all 2 Author
Source:
Euphytica 2016 v.208 no.1 pp. 1-31
ISSN:
0014-2336
Subject:
agricultural resources; cadmium; environmental sustainability; food chain; food safety; genes; genetic variation; genomics; heavy metals; human population; introgression; marker-assisted selection; metal tolerance; molecular biology; plant breeding; plant stress; production technology; quantitative trait loci; stress tolerance; toxicity
Abstract:
... Heavy metal (HM) toxicity is a considerable challenge that the current agricultural production systems and human population face worldwide. Among the HMs with pronounced toxic effects, cadmium (Cd) potentially contaminates a range of vital agricultural resources including soil and water together with severely impacting crop performance. Besides, gradual accumulation of Cd in food chain poses a glo ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10681-015-1580-3

6. Organic rice: potential production strategies, challenges and prospects

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Hazra, K.K.; Swain, D.K.; Singh, S.S.; Kumar, Narendra; Nath, C.P.;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Organic agriculture 2018 v.8 no.1 pp. 39-56
ISSN:
1879-4238
Subject:
biofertilizers; crop production; crop-weed competition; cultivars; developmental stages; disease resistance; environmental sustainability; green manures; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; insects; nitrogen; nutrients; organic foods; organic production; paddies; poultry manure; prices; rice; risk; split application; vermicomposts; water management; weeds; world markets
Abstract:
... Organic farming is rapidly gaining recognition worldwide as a promising means to offer healthier food and to ensure environmental sustainability. Currently, organic produce including organic rice is in huge demand owing to its potential to fetch premium price in the global market. Despite the fact that rice performs well under organic production system, a set of constraints including nitrogen stre ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13165-016-0172-4

7. Population structure and association analysis of heat stress relevant traits in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Jha, UdayChand; Jha, Rintu; Parida, SwarupKumar; Kole, PareshChandra; Thakro, Virevol; Singh, Deepak; Singh, NarendraPratap;     Show all 8 Authors
Source:
3 Biotech 2018 v.8 no.1 pp. 43
ISSN:
2190-572X
Subject:
Cicer arietinum; agroclimatology; algorithms; alleles; breeding lines; chickpeas; chlorophyll; cluster analysis; cultivars; genetic variation; genomics; genotype; heat stress; leaves; linear models; microsatellite repeats; phenotype; population structure
Abstract:
... Understanding genetic diversity and population structure is prerequisite to broaden the cultivated base of any crop. In the current investigation, we report discovery of a total of 319 alleles by assaying 81 SSRs on 71 chickpea genotypes. The cluster analysis based on Jaccard coefficient and unweighted neighbor joining algorithm categorized all genotypes into two major clusters. Cultivars grown wi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13205-017-1057-2

8. Haplotypic Diversity and Virulence of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Population Infecting the First Superfine Aromatic Basmati Hybrid

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Pandey, Shailesh; Singh, Balwant; Prasad, Pramod; Kumar, J.;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India, Section B: biological sciences 2017 v.87 no.3 pp. 1005-1014
ISSN:
0369-8211
Subject:
Oryza sativa; blight; breeding; breeding programs; cost effectiveness; crop production; epidemiological studies; field experimentation; genes; genetic heterogeneity; genetic resistance; haplotypes; host specificity; hybrids; pathotypes; polymerase chain reaction; rice; virulence
Abstract:
... Bacterial blight (BB), caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), is a serious constraint to basmati rice production. The increasingly evident outbreaks of BB in recent years necessitate an immediate search for ecology-conscious, cost-effective and durable management strategy. Given the context, this investigation aimed to generate knowledge about the haplotypic and pathogenic variability of X ...
DOI:
10.1007/s40011-015-0675-x

9. Integrated “omics” approaches to sustain global productivity of major grain legumes under heat stress

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Jha, Uday Chand; Parida, Swarup Kumar; Jha, Rintu;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Plant breeding 2017 v.136 no.4 pp. 437-459
ISSN:
0179-9541
Subject:
climate change; crops; dietary protein; food security; genetic resources; heat stress; human population; inheritance (genetics); legumes; phenotype; quantitative trait loci
Abstract:
... Grain legumes serve as key sources of dietary protein to the global human population. Consequence of high‐temperature (HT) stress is increasingly evident as drastically lost production of different crops including grain legumes worldwide, thus putting the global food security under great threat. In a changing climate scenario, cool season‐adapted grain legumes frequently encounter heat stress (HS) ...
DOI:
10.1111/pbr.12489

10. Whole genome sequences in pulse crops: a global community resource to expedite translational genomics and knowledge-based crop improvement

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Singh, Narendra P.;     Show all 2 Author
Source:
Biotechnology letters 2015 v.37 no.8 pp. 1529-1539
ISSN:
0141-5492
Subject:
alleles; cost effectiveness; crops; gene pool; genetic improvement; genetic variation; genome mining; genotyping; legumes; nucleotide sequences; phenotype; plant breeding; prediction; quantitative traits; screening; translation (genetics)
Abstract:
... Unprecedented developments in legume genomics over the last decade have resulted in the acquisition of a wide range of modern genomic resources to underpin genetic improvement of grain legumes. The genome enabled insights direct investigators in various ways that primarily include unearthing novel structural variations, retrieving the lost genetic diversity, introducing novel/exotic alleles from w ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10529-015-1836-y

11. Validation of QTLs for plant ideotype, earliness and growth habit traits in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan Millsp.)

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Patil, Prakash G.; Satheesh, Naik S. J.; Dubey, Jyotirmay; Pandey, Praveen; Dutta, Dibendu; Singh, Farindra; Singh, I. P.; Singh, N. P.;     Show all 9 Authors
Source:
Physiology and molecular biology of plants 2018 v.24 no.6 pp. 1245-1259
ISSN:
0971-5894
Subject:
Cajanus cajan; algorithms; branches; crop yield; cultivars; early development; flowering; genes; genetic background; genetic correlation; genetic variation; genomics; germplasm; growth habit; marker-assisted selection; microsatellite repeats; models; phenotypic variation; pigeon peas; plant height; prediction; quantitative trait loci; residual effects; seeds; statistical analysis
Abstract:
... Pigeonpea productivity is greatly constrained by poor plant ideotype of existing Indian cultivars. Enhancing pigeonpea yield demands a renewed focus on restructuring the ideal plant type by using more efficient approaches like genomic tools. Therefore, the present study aims to identify and validate a set of QTLs/gene(s) presumably associated with various plant ideotype traits in pigeonpea. A tota ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12298-018-0584-6

12. Association mapping to discover significant marker-trait associations for resistance against fusarium wilt variant 2 in pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh] using SSR markers

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Patil, Prakash G.; Dubey, Jyotirmay; Mishra, R. K.; Saabale, P. R.; Das, Alok; Rathore, Meenal; Singh, N. P.;     Show all 8 Authors
Source:
Journal of applied genetics 2017 v.58 no.3 pp. 307-319
ISSN:
1234-1983
Subject:
Cajanus cajan; Fusarium udum; Fusarium wilt; alleles; breeding; chromosome mapping; data collection; genetic variation; genotype; germplasm; landraces; linear models; linkage groups; microsatellite repeats; phenotypic variation; pigeon peas
Abstract:
... Pigeonpea production is severely constrained by wilt disease caused by Fusarium udum. In the current study, we discover the putative genomic regions that control resistance response to variant 2 of fusarium wilt using association mapping approach. The association panel comprised of 89 diverse pigeonpea genotypes including seven varieties, three landraces and 79 germplasm lines. The panel was scree ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13353-017-0400-y

13. Analysis of an intraspecific RIL population uncovers genomic segments harbouring multiple QTL for seed relevant traits in lentil (Lens culinaris L.)

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Jha, Rintu; Jha, Uday Chand; Rana, Maneet; Chahota, Rakesh Kumar; Kumar, Shiv; Sharma, Tilak Raj;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Physiology and molecular biology of plants 2017 v.23 no.3 pp. 675-684
ISSN:
0971-5894
Subject:
Lens culinaris; breeding; chromosome mapping; genetic markers; genome; genomics; lentils; loci; microsatellite repeats; phenotypic variation; quantitative trait loci; random amplified polymorphic DNA technique
Abstract:
... Improving seed related traits remains key objective in lentil breeding. In recent years, genomic resources have shown great promise to accelerate crop improvement. However, limited genomic resources in lentil greatly restrict the use of genomics assisted breeding. The present investigation aims to build an intraspecific genetic linkage map and identify the QTL associated with important seed releva ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12298-017-0438-7
PubMed:
28878505
PubMed Central:
PMC5567699

14. Novel CMS lines in pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh] derived from cytoplasmic substitutions, and their effective restoration and deployment in hybrid breeding

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Jha, Rintu; Singh, Indra Prakash; Pandey, Gaurav; Pareek, Shalini; Basu, Partha Sarathi; Chaturvedi, Sushil Kumar; Singh, Narendra Pratap;     Show all 8 Authors
Source:
The crop journal 2017 v.5 no.1 pp. 89-94
ISSN:
2214-5141
Subject:
cytoplasmic male sterility; hybrids; Cajanus cajan; pigeon peas; mitochondrial genome; DNA; models; sterilizing; crossing; scanning electron microscopy; cytoplasm; pollen; genetic markers
Abstract:
... The availability of stable cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS or A) lines coupled with a robust restoration system (R lines) is an essential prerequisite for efficient hybrid breeding. CMS-enabled hybrid technology holds immense potential to enhance the long-stagnant productivity of pigeonpea. In the present investigation, cytoplasmic substitutions were made in the nuclear backgrounds of early-maturing ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cj.2016.10.003

15. Achievements and prospects of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) improvement for sustainable food production

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Dixit, Girish Prasad; Parihar, Ashok Kumar; Singh, Narendra Pratap;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
The crop journal 2016 v.4 no.5 pp. 407-416
ISSN:
2214-5141
Subject:
Lathyrus sativus; breeding; drought tolerance; genetic improvement; genome; genomics; genotype; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; neurotoxins; sustainable agriculture; water requirement
Abstract:
... Grass pea offers an attractive choice for sustainable food production, owing to its intrinsic properties including limited water requirement and drought tolerance. However, low productivity and the presence of a neurotoxin (ODAP) have posed major obstacles to its genetic improvement. Also, biotechnological investments remain limited and the genome is complex and not well understood. Strategies tha ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cj.2016.06.008

16. Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in hybrid breeding in field crops

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Jha, Uday C.; Adhimoolam, Premkumar; Bisht, Deepak; Singh, Narendra P.;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Plant cell reports 2016 v.35 no.5 pp. 967-993
ISSN:
0721-7714
Subject:
breeding; cost effectiveness; cytoplasmic male sterility; field crops; gametophytes; genes; genetic markers; heterosis; hybrids; inheritance (genetics); males; mitochondria
Abstract:
... KEY MESSAGE : A comprehensive understanding of CMS/Rf system enabled by modern omics tools and technologies considerably improves our ability to harness hybrid technology for enhancing the productivity of field crops. Harnessing hybrid vigor or heterosis is a promising approach to tackle the current challenge of sustaining enhanced yield gains of field crops. In the context, cytoplasmic male steri ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00299-016-1949-3

17. Genetic analysis and molecular resistance to race 2 of Fusarium wilt in pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.]

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Patil, Prakash G.; Dubey, Jyotirmay; Saabale, Parasappa R.; Mishra, Raj K.; Pandey, Gaurav; Das, Alok; Rathore, Meenal; Singh, Farindra; Singh, Narendra Pratap;     Show all 10 Authors
Source:
Crop protection 2017 v.100 pp. 117-123
ISSN:
0261-2194
Subject:
Cajanus cajan; Fusarium udum; Fusarium wilt; breeding; chromosomes; disease control; epistasis; farmers; genetic analysis; genetic improvement; genetic resistance; genotype; host plants; microsatellite repeats; parents; pigeon peas; recessive genes; surveys
Abstract:
... The long-stagnated productivity of pigeonpea may be attributed to its vulnerability to several diseases of which vascular wilt caused by Fusarium udum Butler is of paramount significance. Disease management approaches that rely on chemicals are not very appropriate especially in view of rising environmental concerns and resource poor nature of marginal farmers. Therefore, deploying host plant resi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cropro.2017.06.016

18. Heat stress in crop plants: its nature, impacts and integrated breeding strategies to improve heat tolerance

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Jha, Uday Chand; Singh, Narendra Pratap; Tuberosa, R.;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Plant breeding 2014 v.133 no.6 pp. 679-701
ISSN:
0179-9541
Subject:
cultivars; food crops; genes; genetically modified organisms; genomics; genotype; heat stress; heat tolerance; introgression; phenotype; risk; temperature
Abstract:
... Increasing severity of high temperature worldwide presents an alarming threat to the humankind. As evident by massive yield losses in various food crops, the escalating adverse impacts of heat stress (HS) are putting the global food as well as nutritional security at great risk. Intrinsically, plants respond to high temperature stress by triggering a cascade of events and adapt by switching on num ...
DOI:
10.1111/pbr.12217

19. Genetics- and genomics-based interventions for nutritional enhancement of grain legume crops: status and outlook

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Sahrawat, Kanwar L.; Kumar, Shiv; Joshi, Rohit; Parihar, Ashok K.; Singh, Ummed; Singh, Deepak; Singh, Narendra P.;     Show all 8 Authors
Source:
Journal of applied genetics 2015 v.56 no.2 pp. 151-161
ISSN:
1234-1983
Subject:
biofortification; climate change; cost effectiveness; crops; cultivars; developing countries; elemental composition; farming systems; genomics; grains; ionome; ionomics; legumes; mineral content; minerals; plant breeding
Abstract:
... Meeting the food demands and ensuring nutritional security of the ever increasing global population in the face of degrading natural resource base and impending climate change is the biggest challenge of the twenty first century. The consequences of mineral/micronutrient deficiencies or the hidden hunger in the developing world are indeed alarming and need urgent attention. In addressing the probl ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13353-014-0268-z

20. Genomics and molecular breeding in lesser explored pulse crops: Current trends and future opportunities

Author:
Bohra, Abhishek,   et al.   ; Jha, Uday Chand; Kishor, P.B. Kavi; Pandey, Shailesh; Singh, Narendra P.;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Biotechnology Advances 2014 v.32 pp. 1410-1428
ISSN:
0734-9750
Subject:
Lablab; Lupinus; Vicia; Vigna; crop yield; dry beans; genome; genomics; genotype; genotyping; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; nucleotide sequences; plant breeding; rainfed farming; specialty crops; subsistence farming
Abstract:
... Pulses are multipurpose crops for providing income, employment and food security in the underprivileged regions, notably the FAO-defined low-income food-deficit countries. Owing to their intrinsic ability to endure environmental adversities and the least input/management requirements, these crops remain central to subsistence farming. Given their pivotal role in rain-fed agriculture, substantial r ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biotechadv.2014.09.001