A Comprehensive Review on Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Climate Change Resilience

Transgenic chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) harbouring AtDREB1a are physiologically better adapted to water deficit

(2021) Alok Das et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

First Report of CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated DNA-Free Editing of 4CL and RVE7 Genes in Chickpea Protoplasts

(2021) Sapna Badhan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Introgression of “ QTL‐hotspot ” region enhances drought tolerance and grain yield in three elite chickpea cultivars

(2021) Chellapilla Bharadwaj et al.   Plant Genome

Broadening the genetic base of cultivated chickpea following introgression of wild Cicer species-progress, constraints and prospects

(2021) Mohar Singh et al.   GENETIC RESOURCES AND CROP EVOLUTION

Construction of a high-density genetic map and QTL analysis for yield, yield components and agronomic traits in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

(2021) Rutwik Barmukh et al.   PLoS One

Cicer turcicum: A New Cicer Species and Its Potential to Improve Chickpea

(2021) Cengiz Toker et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Novel Salinity Tolerance Loci in Chickpea Identified in Glasshouse and Field Environments

(2021) Judith Atieno et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Editorial: Development of Healthy and Nutritious Cereals: Recent Insights on Molecular Advances in Breeding

(2021) B. P. Mallikarjuna Swamy et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Genome-wide transcriptome analysis and physiological variation modulates gene regulatory networks acclimating salinity tolerance in chickpea

(2021) Neeraj Kumar et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

MAGIC lines in chickpea: development and exploitation of genetic diversity

(2021) Srinivasan Samineni et al.   EUPHYTICA

Identification of stable heat tolerance QTLs using inter-specific recombinant inbred line population derived from GPF 2 and ILWC 292

(2021) Ashutosh Kushwah et al.   PLoS One

Proteome changes and associated physiological roles in chickpea (Cicer arietinum) tolerance to heat stress under field conditions

(2021) Givemore M. Makonya et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Chickpea tolerance to temperature stress: Status and opportunity for improvement

(2021) Cara Jeffrey et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A chickpea genetic variation map based on the sequencing of 3,366 genomes

(2021) Rajeev K. Varshney et al.   NATURE

Comparative Root Transcriptomics Provide Insights into Drought Adaptation Strategies in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

(2020) Vijay Bhaskarla et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Developing Climate-Resilient Chickpea Involving Physiological and Molecular Approaches With a Focus on Temperature and Drought Stresses

(2020) Anju Rani et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Integrating genomics for chickpea improvement: achievements and opportunities

(2020) Manish Roorkiwal et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Genetic Dissection and Identification of Candidate Genes for Salinity Tolerance Using Axiom®CicerSNP Array in Chickpea

(2020) Khela Ram Soren et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Identification of novel resistant sources for ascochyta blight (Ascochyta rabiei) in chickpea

(2020) Gayacharan et al.   PLoS One

Enviromics in breeding: applications and perspectives on envirotypic-assisted selection

(2020) Rafael T. Resende et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

A comparative metabolomic study on desi and kabuli chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes under rainfed and irrigated field conditions

(2020) Zaib Un Nisa et al.   Scientific Reports

Gene Pyramiding for Sustainable Crop Improvement against Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

(2020) Richard Dormatey et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Plant Responses to Heat Stress: Physiology, Transcription, Noncoding RNAs, and Epigenetics

(2020) Jianguo Zhao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Enhancing the Nutritional Quality of Major Food Crops Through Conventional and Genomics-Assisted Breeding

(2020) Kiran B. Gaikwad et al.   Frontiers in Nutrition

High-throughput phenotyping for crop improvement in the genomics era

(2019) Reyazul Rouf Mir et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Comparative Physiological and Metabolic Analysis Reveals a Complex Mechanism Involved in Drought Tolerance in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Induced by PGPR and PGRs

(2019) Naeem Khan et al.   Scientific Reports

Comparative physiological and leaf proteome analysis between drought-tolerant chickpea Cicer reticulatum and drought-sensitive chickpea C. arietinum

(2019) Sertan Çevik et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES

Comparative phylogenetic analysis of aquaporins provides insight into the gene family expansion and evolution in plants and their role in drought tolerant and susceptible chickpea cultivars

(2019) Athar Hussain et al.   GENOMICS

QTL mapping for heat stress tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

(2019) Uday Chand Jha et al.   Legume Research

Resequencing of 429 chickpea accessions from 45 countries provides insights into genome diversity, domestication and agronomic traits

(2019) Rajeev K. Varshney et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Transcriptome Sequencing of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Genotypes for Identification of Drought-Responsive Genes Under Drought Stress Condition

(2019) Manoj Kumar et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER

Comparative proteomics and gene expression analyses revealed responsive proteins and mechanisms for salt tolerance in chickpea genotypes

(2019) Mohammad Arefian et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Accelerating Climate Resilient Plant Breeding by Applying Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence

(2019) Antoine L. Harfouche et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Whole Genome Diversity, Population Structure, and Linkage Disequilibrium Analysis of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Genotypes Using Genome-Wide DArTseq-Based SNP Markers

(2019) Farahani et al.   Genes

Plant vigour QTLs co-map with an earlier reported QTL hotspot for drought tolerance while water saving QTLs map in other regions of the chickpea genome

(2018) Kaliamoorthy Sivasakthi et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

UPLC-HRMS-based untargeted metabolic profiling reveals changes in chickpea (Cicer arietinum ) metabolome following long-term drought stress

(2018) Naeem Khan et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

The RNA-Seq-based high resolution gene expression atlas of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) reveals dynamic spatio-temporal changes associated with growth and development

(2018) Himabindu Kudapa et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Current advances in chickpea genomics: applications and future perspectives

(2018) Uday Chand Jha   PLANT CELL REPORTS

RNA sequencing of leaf tissues from two contrasting chickpea genotypes reveals mechanisms for drought tolerance

(2018) Sapna Badhan et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Differential Regulation of Genes Involved in Root Morphogenesis and Cell Wall Modification is Associated with Salinity Tolerance in Chickpea

(2018) Mayank Kaashyap et al.   Scientific Reports

Investigating Drought Tolerance in Chickpea Using Genome-Wide Association Mapping and Genomic Selection Based on Whole-Genome Resequencing Data

(2018) Yongle Li et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

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

(2018) Uday Chand Jha et al.   3 Biotech

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

(2018) Uday Chand Jha et al.   3 Biotech

Molecular Mapping of QTLs for Heat Tolerance in Chickpea

(2018) Pronob Paul et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Integrated breeding approaches for improving drought and heat adaptation in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

(2018) Pooran M. Gaur et al.   PLANT BREEDING

Impact of High Temperature and Drought Stresses on Chickpea Production

(2018) Viola Devasirvatham et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Heat responsive proteome changes reveal molecular mechanisms underlying heat tolerance in chickpea

(2017) Santisree Parankusam et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Field crops and the fear of heat stress—Opportunities, challenges and future directions

(2017) P.V. Vara Prasad et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Chickpea WRKY70 Regulates the Expression of a Homeodomain-Leucine Zipper (HD-Zip) I Transcription Factor CaHDZ12, which Confers Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Transgenic Tobacco and Chickpea

(2017) Senjuti Sen et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Development and evaluation of high-density Axiom® CicerSNP  Array for high-resolution genetic mapping and breeding applications in chickpea

(2017) Manish Roorkiwal et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Breeding for improved drought tolerance in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

(2017) Muhammad Amir Maqbool et al.   PLANT BREEDING

Effects, tolerance mechanisms and management of salt stress in grain legumes

(2017) Muhammad Farooq et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Leveraging traditional crops for better nutrition and health - The case of chickpea

(2017) Shimrit Bar-El Dadon et al.   TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A new micro X-ray fluorescence spectrometer for in vivo elemental analysis in plants

(2017) U.E.A. Fittschen et al.   X-RAY SPECTROMETRY

Whole genome re-sequencing reveals genome-wide variations among parental lines of 16 mapping populations in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

(2016) Mahendar Thudi et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Draft genome sequence ofCicer reticulatumL., the wild progenitor of chickpea provides a resource for agronomic trait improvement

(2016) Sonal Gupta et al.   DNA RESEARCH

Genome-wide dissection of AP2/ERF and HSP90 gene families in five legumes and expression profiles in chickpea and pigeonpea

(2016) Gaurav Agarwal et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Advancing Crop Transformation in the Era of Genome Editing

(2016) Fredy Altpeter et al.   PLANT CELL

Advances in breeding and biotechnology of legume crops

(2016) Cristián Jacob et al.   PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE

Elemental mapping of biofortified wheat grains using micro X-ray fluorescence

(2016) I. Ramos et al.   SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART B-ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY

Transcriptome analyses reveal genotype- and developmental stage-specific molecular responses to drought and salinity stresses in chickpea

(2016) Rohini Garg et al.   Scientific Reports

Recent breeding programs enhanced genetic diversity in both desi and kabuli varieties of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

(2016) Mahendar Thudi et al.   Scientific Reports

Principle and application of plant mutagenesis in crop improvement: a review

(2015) Yusuff Oladosu et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT

Two key genomic regions harbour QTLs for salinity tolerance in ICCV 2 × JG 11 derived chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) recombinant inbred lines

(2015) Raju Pushpavalli et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Vernalization response in chickpea is controlled by a major QTL

(2015) Srinivasan Samineni et al.   EUPHYTICA

Quantitative profiling of polar primary metabolites of two chickpea cultivars with contrasting responses to salinity

(2015) Daniel Anthony Dias et al.   JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES

Salt sensitivity in chickpea: Growth, photosynthesis, seed yield components and tissue ion regulation in contrasting genotypes

(2015) Hammad Aziz Khan et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

MAGIC populations in crops: current status and future prospects

(2015) B. Emma Huang et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Genome-wide high-throughput SNP discovery and genotyping for understanding natural (functional) allelic diversity and domestication patterns in wild chickpea

(2015) Deepak Bajaj et al.   Scientific Reports

High density linkage mapping of genomic and transcriptomic SNPs for synteny analysis and anchoring the genome sequence of chickpea

(2015) Rashmi Gaur et al.   Scientific Reports

Ultra-high density intra-specific genetic linkage maps accelerate identification of functionally relevant molecular tags governing important agronomic traits in chickpea

(2015) Alice Kujur et al.   Scientific Reports

Prioritization of candidate genes in “QTL-hotspot” region for drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

(2015) Sandip M Kale et al.   Scientific Reports

CTDB: An Integrated Chickpea Transcriptome Database for Functional and Applied Genomics

(2015) Mohit Verma et al.   PLoS One

General mechanisms of drought response and their application in drought resistance improvement in plants

(2014) Yujie Fang et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Integrated physical, genetic and genome map of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

(2014) Rajeev K. Varshney et al.   FUNCTIONAL & INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS

The CRISPR–Cas system for plant genome editing: advances and opportunities

(2014) Vinay Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Genotyping-by-sequencing based intra-specific genetic map refines a ‘‘QTL-hotspot” region for drought tolerance in chickpea

(2014) Deepa Jaganathan et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

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

(2014) Uday Chand Jha et al.   PLANT BREEDING

DREB1A overexpression in transgenic chickpea alters key traits influencing plant water budget across water regimes

(2014) Krithika Anbazhagan et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Mechanisms of Heat Stress Tolerance in Plants

(2013) Mirza Hasanuzzaman et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Population genomic footprints of selection and associations with climate in natural populations ofArabidopsis hallerifrom the Alps

(2013) Martin C. Fischer et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Draft genome sequence of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) provides a resource for trait improvement

(2013) Rajeev K Varshney et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Strategies for increasing the yield potential of cereals: case of rice as an example

(2013) Gurdev S. Khush   PLANT BREEDING

A draft genome sequence of the pulse crop chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

(2013) Mukesh Jain et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Multi-environment QTL analyses for drought-related traits in a recombinant inbred population of chickpea (Cicer arientinum L.)

(2013) A. Hamwieh et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Genetic dissection of drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

(2013) Rajeev K. Varshney et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Fast-Track Introgression of “ for Root Traits and Other Drought Tolerance Traits in JG 11, an Elite and Leading Variety of Chickpea

(2013) Rajeev K. Varshney et al.   Plant Genome

Contribution of proteomic studies towards understanding plant heavy metal stress response

(2013) Zahed Hossain et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Induced Mutations Unleash the Potentials of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

(2013) Chikelu Mba   Agronomy-Basel

Nutritional quality and health benefits of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.): a review

(2012) A. K. Jukanti et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Genetic structure and diversity analysis of the primary gene pool of chickpea using SSR markers

(2012) P. Choudhary et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH

Large-scale development of cost-effective SNP marker assays for diversity assessment and genetic mapping in chickpea and comparative mapping in legumes

(2012) Pavana J. Hiremath et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

High temperature tolerance in chickpea and its implications for plant improvement

(2012) V. Devasirvatham et al.   Crop & Pasture Science

Impact of Genomic Technologies on Chickpea Breeding Strategies

(2012) Pooran M. Gaur et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Identification and Evaluation of Chickpea Germplasm for Tolerance to Heat Stress

(2011) Hari D. Upadhyaya et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Temperature-stratified screening of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genetic resource collections reveals very limited reproductive chilling tolerance compared to its annual wild relatives

(2011) J.D. Berger et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Assessment of ICCV 2 × JG 62 chickpea progenies shows sensitivity of reproduction to salt stress and reveals QTL for seed yield and yield components

(2011) Vincent Vadez et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

An assessment of transgenomics as a tool for identifying genes involved in the evolutionary differentiation of closely related plant species

(2011) Raul Correa et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Large-scale transcriptome analysis in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), an orphan legume crop of the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa

(2011) Pavana J. Hiremath et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Novel SSR Markers from BAC-End Sequences, DArT Arrays and a Comprehensive Genetic Map with 1,291 Marker Loci for Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

(2011) Mahendar Thudi et al.   PLoS One

Sources of tolerance to terminal drought in the chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) minicore germplasm

(2010) L. Krishnamurthy et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Cold stress tolerance mechanisms in plants. A review

(2009) Sudesh Kumar Yadav   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

A comprehensive resource of drought- and salinity- responsive ESTs for gene discovery and marker development in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

(2009) Rajeev K Varshney et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Genetic engineering of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) with the P5CSF129A gene for osmoregulation with implications on drought tolerance

(2009) Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Salt sensitivity in chickpea

(2009) TIMOTHY J. FLOWERS et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Heritability and gene effects for yield and yield components in chickpea

(2008) B. T. Tuba Bıçer et al.   HEREDITAS

Evaluation of Yield Criteria for Drought and Heat Resistance in Chickpea (Cicer arietinumL.)

(2008) H. Canci et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE

Metabolomics: applications to food science and nutrition research

(2008) David S. Wishart   TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY