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Frontiers in Plant Science, Dec 4, 2019

Greengram is an important protein-rich food legume crop. During the reproductive stage, high temp... more Greengram is an important protein-rich food legume crop. During the reproductive stage, high temperatures cause flower drop, induce male sterility, impair anthesis, and shortens the grain-filling period. Initially, 116 genotypes were evaluated for 3 years in two locations, and based on flowering, biomass, and yield attributes, they were grouped into four major clusters. A panel of 17 contrasting genotypes was selected for their heat tolerance in high-temperature greenhouses. The seedlings of the selected genotypes were exposed to heat shock in the range 37°C-52°C and their recovery after heat shock was assessed at 30°C. The seedlings of EC 398889 turned completely green and rejuvenated, while those of LGG 460 failed to recover, therefore, EC 398889 and LGG 460 were identified as heat-tolerant and heat-sensitive genotypes, respectively. Except for EC 398889, the remaining genotypes could not survive after heat shock. Fresh seeds of EC 398889 and LGG 460 were planted in field and pollen fertility and sucrose-synthase (SuSy) activity in grains were assessed at high temperatures. The pollen germination and SuSy activity were normal even at temperatures beyond 40°C in EC 398889 and high SuSy activity enabled faster grain filling than in LGG 460. The precise phenotyping demonstrated significant differences in the light-temperature response of photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence imaging of quantum yield (Fv/Fm), and electron transport rate (ETR) between heat-tolerant (EC 398889) and heat-sensitive (LGG 460) genotypes. Molecular profiling of selected accessions showed polymorphism with 11 SSR markers and the markers CEDG147, CEDG247, and CEDG044 distinguished tolerant and sensitive groups of accessions.

IntechOpen eBooks, Dec 14, 2022

Reduction in biomass and pollen fertility are the two major constraints resulting in poor grain y... more Reduction in biomass and pollen fertility are the two major constraints resulting in poor grain yield in major pulses grown under rainfed agrosystem. Generally, pulses are encountered into both heat and drought stresses during terminal reproductive stages. Though pulses have many adaptive features to counter the adverse effects of various abiotic stresses but yield is substantially reduced when the magnitude of these stresses is very high. The factors have been identified to enhance grain yield under stress environments which include promotion of biomass in the above ground part enabling crops to reserve a maximum amount of photosynthesis and water in the plant system itself before the onset of drought and heat stresses during reproductive stages. Various physiological mechanisms and fertility enhancement components including genetic diversity in key traits have been discussed here to improve yield of pulses under stressed conditions.

... Adaptation of photosynthetic components of chickpea to water stress. PS Basu, Masood Ali and ... more ... Adaptation of photosynthetic components of chickpea to water stress. PS Basu, Masood Ali and SK Chaturvedi. ... Physiology and abiotic stresses in chickpea. In Chickpea Research in India (Eds. Masood Ali, Shiv Kumar and NB Singh). pp 137-166 ( IIPR, Kanpur, India). ...

Out of the 17 elements, zinc and iron are the most important, and their less bioavailability in d... more Out of the 17 elements, zinc and iron are the most important, and their less bioavailability in diets causes deficiency symptoms in human often leading to serious physiological disorder. Therefore, biofortified seeds or grains enriched with these nutrients particularly Zn and iron in staple crops can eradicate malnourishment to large extent. Genetic variability in the micronutrients among crop species has been well documented which could be exploited to improve essential micronutrients in the seeds through conventional breeding or biotechnological interventions. The crop species widely differ in distribution of micronutrients in various parts of the plant and also the diverse routes through which micronutrients move and get accumulated in seeds. The major challenges are to divert more nutrients in the target tissue seeds that are edible part of the crops. The phloem loading and unloading into the target tissue of plants are not clearly known, and the process is considered to be major limiting factors toward biofortification. The other limiting factors are the soil itself in which bioavailability to the plants is sufficiently low in spite of adequate availability of these elements in soil as they remained in bound or fixed in one or another form. The physicochemical properties of soil determine the efficiency of the uptake of nutrients. Soil enriched with organic decomposed matters and plant growth promoting rhizobia facilitate the absorption of nutrients. The major channels of nutrient uptake are through extensive network of root hairs that enter into the root vascular tissue through symplastic or apoplastic pathways. Phloem loading of micronutrients primarily in chelated form is an essential process prior to transport into seeds. The iron chelator nicotianamine (NA) plays a major role in binding copper and zinc in addition to iron and other ions. Unloading of micronutrients present in the phloem sap into the seeds takes place through bulk flow created by pressure gradient. The requisite osmotic potential buildup in the source tissue due to sugars, organic acids, and potassium ions is responsible to draw water from sink tissue and in exchange unload the micronutrients dissolved in phloem sap. The movement of micronutrients in the phloem such as zinc and iron takes place along with other major ions like potassium, chloride, and sugars. Foliar application of fertilizer or soil application in soluble forms and bioinoculants of AM fungi and bacteria enhance mobilization of zinc and iron in the plant system. The homeostasis of these elements that is balancing the amount in different tissues and redistribution as per demand is considered to be the important aspects to investigate for enriching nutrient content in the seeds. Several transporter genes have been identified, and several genetically modified crops showed manifold increase in the zinc and iron content. Twelve agriculturally important crops are presently in process of biofortification under the megaproject HarvestPlus. The mobility of the zinc and iron has been elucidated using model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and mutant lacking some genes of transporter family. The present review analyzes the mobility of these elements inside the plant, their distribution, limiting factors, and strategies to improve the mineral content in the seeds.

Legume Research, Sep 1, 2012

A field experiment was carried out to study the response of chickpea to foliar application of nit... more A field experiment was carried out to study the response of chickpea to foliar application of nitrogenous fertilizres under rainfed conditions. The highest pods per plant (45.3) were recorded in 2% urea spray at 75 DAS which was 23.7 and 21.3% higher than control and water spray respectively. The 100 seed weight of chickpea was significantly increased with 2% urea spray at 75 DAS (16.9) being at par with other treatments except control. The highest seed yield of 2437 kg/ha was recorded with 2% urea spray at 75 DAS followed by 2% DAP spray at 75 DAS (2389 kg/ha). Highest SPAD chlorophyll meter reading (SCMR) (69.6) was recorded in urea spray at 75 DAS followed by DAP at 75 DAS (67.5).

Journal of Food Legumes, 2009

A pot experiment was conducted during kharif 2006 using purified silica sand to study the effect ... more A pot experiment was conducted during kharif 2006 using purified silica sand to study the effect of sulphur nutrition on urdbean (Vigna mungo L. Hepper). There were 6 treatments of sulphur viz., 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 2.0 and 5.0 mM added in the form of K2SO4. Sulphur content and the dry matter yield at various growth stages were plotted and the polynomial regression equation was derived and critical concentration of sulphur was determined. Increase in level of sulphur up to 0.2 mM resulted in significant increase of sulphur in plants and the values almost plateaued thereafter. Higher rate of accumulation of sulphur was noticed in 4th leaf from top as compared to 2nd and 6th leaves. Critical concentration of sulphur in urdbean ranged from 0.10 to 0.21 per cent at different growth stages. The per cent yield predictability was maximum for 4th leaf at 45 DAS (R2= 0.95).

BMC Plant Biology, 2021

BackgroundChickpea (Cicer arietinumL.) is the second most widely grown pulse and drought (limitin... more BackgroundChickpea (Cicer arietinumL.) is the second most widely grown pulse and drought (limiting water) is one of the major constraints leading to about 40–50% yield losses annually. Dehydration responsive element binding proteins (DREBs) are important plant transcription factors that regulate the expression of many stress-inducible genes and play a critical role in improving the abiotic stress tolerance. Transgenic chickpea lines harbouring transcription factor, Dehydration Responsive Element-Binding protein 1A fromArabidopsis thaliana(AtDREB1agene) driven by stress inducible promoterrd29awere developed, with the intent of enhancing drought tolerance in chickpea.Performance of the progenies of one transgenic event and control were assessed based on key physiological traits imparting drought tolerance such as plant water relation characteristics, chlorophyll retention, photosynthesis, membrane stability and water use efficiency under water stressed conditions.ResultsFour transgeni...

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021

Urdbean (Vigna mungo L. Hepper) is one of the important pulse crops. Its cultivation is not so po... more Urdbean (Vigna mungo L. Hepper) is one of the important pulse crops. Its cultivation is not so popular during summer seasons because this crop is unable to withstand excessive heat stress beside lack of humidity in the atmosphere. Therefore, a panel of 97 urdbean diverse genotypes was assessed for yield under stress and non-stress conditions with an aim to identify heat tolerant genotypes. This study identified 8 highly heat tolerant and 35 highly heat sensitive genotypes based on heat susceptibility index. Further, physiological and biochemical traits-based characterization of a group of six highly heat sensitive and seven highly heat tolerant urdbean genotypes showed genotypic variability for leaf nitrogen balance index (NBI), chlorophyll (SPAD), epidermal flavnols, and anthocyanin contents under 42/25°C max/min temperature. Our results showed higher membrane stability index among heat tolerant genotypes compared to sensitive genotypes. Significant differences among genotypes for ...

PLoS ONE, 2014

To understand the genetic basis of tolerance to drought and heat stresses in chickpea, a comprehe... more To understand the genetic basis of tolerance to drought and heat stresses in chickpea, a comprehensive association mapping approach has been undertaken. Phenotypic data were generated on the reference set (300 accessions, including 211 mini-core collection accessions) for drought tolerance related root traits, heat tolerance, yield and yield component traits from 1-7 seasons and 1-3 locations in India (Patancheru, Kanpur, Bangalore) and three locations in Africa (Nairobi, Egerton in Kenya and Debre Zeit in Ethiopia). Diversity Array Technology (DArT) markers equally distributed across chickpea genome were used to determine population structure and three sub-populations were identified using admixture model in STRUCTURE. The pairwise linkage disequilibrium (LD) estimated using the squared-allele frequency correlations (r 2 ; when r 2 ,0.20) was found to decay rapidly with the genetic distance of 5 cM. For establishing marker-trait associations (MTAs), both genome-wide and candidate gene-sequencing based association mapping approaches were conducted using 1,872 markers (1,072 DArTs, 651 single nucleotide polymorphisms [SNPs], 113 gene-based SNPs and 36 simple sequence repeats [SSRs]) and phenotyping data mentioned above employing mixed linear model (MLM) analysis with optimum compression with P3D method and kinship matrix. As a result, 312 significant MTAs were identified and a maximum number of MTAs (70) was identified for 100-seed weight. A total of 18 SNPs from 5 genes (ERECTA, 11 SNPs; ASR, 4 SNPs; DREB, 1 SNP; CAP2 promoter, 1 SNP and AMDH, 1SNP) were significantly associated with different traits. This study provides significant MTAs for drought and heat tolerance in chickpea that can be used, after validation, in molecular breeding for developing superior varieties with enhanced drought and heat tolerance.

Field Crops Research, 2006

In order to investigate specific and general adaptation of chickpea in India, a wide range of sub... more In order to investigate specific and general adaptation of chickpea in India, a wide range of sub-continental, Australian and Mediterranean genotypes were grown across seven sites characterizing the major chickpea growing areas over 3 years, and extensive data on plant stand, early vigour, phenology, productivity and yield components collected. High and low yielding sites were clearly separated by a range of physical and biological characters, low yield being associated with low latitude and pre-season rainfall, high temperature, early phenology, short crop duration, low biomass and fecundity. Genotype by environment interactions for yield were highly significant (P < 0.001), and accounted for more variance than that attributed to genotypes alone. Ward's hierarchical clustering indicated that the genotypes could be separated into discrete groups, comprising material specifically adapted to the north (Clusters 2 and 3) or south (Cluster 5), widely or consistently poorly adapted germplasm (Clusters 1 and 4, respectively). Cluster 5, comprising germplasm from southern and central India, was characterized by early phenology, confirming the role of drought escape in southern India. With increasing latitude Cluster 5 genotypes remained early, but had the capacity to delay maturity considerably, resulting in average, and occasionally above average yields. However, compared to well-adapted material in the north, Cluster 5 biomass was low, and the time interval between flowering and podding up to 50 days, representing repeated cycles of flowering and subsequent abortion. Clusters 2 and 3, dominated by northern Indian genotypes, were characterized by later phenology, and were able to delay the onset of flowering significantly more than the remaining germplasm at late flowering northern sites. In Cluster 3, the second highest yielding group overall, this increased both source and sink potential at productive northern sites. Cluster 2 was uniformly later than Cluster 3, and lower yielding at most sites. Cluster 1 was characterized by intermediate flowering and relatively early, responsive maturity, a phenological compromise responsible for wide adaptation, by providing sufficient drought escape in the south, and enough biomass in the north to produce above average yields in these contrasting environments. ICCV 10 from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), and 2 Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) lines, BG 391 and BG 1006, were the most consistently high yielding, ranking

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA eBooks, Nov 8, 2013

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Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2012

This review describes the non-nutritive biologically active components in grain legumes and discu... more This review describes the non-nutritive biologically active components in grain legumes and discusses about the bioactivity of phenols, isoflavones, phytosterols, phytic acid, saponins, tannins, protease inhibitors and bioactive complex carbohydrates in different pulse grains. These bioactive components have wide ranging biological activities and consequently many different targets and mechanism of action. The potential beneficial effect of these compounds especially their antioxidant properties and their role in the prevention of non-communicable chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes has been discussed.

High temperature stress (or heat stress) during reproductive stages is becoming aserious constrai... more High temperature stress (or heat stress) during reproductive stages is becoming aserious constraint toproductivity of grain legumes as their cultivation is expanding to warmer environments and temperature variability is increasing due to climate change.Large genetic variations exist ingrainlegumesforheat tolerance whichcan be exploited for development of locally adapted heat tolerant cultivars. Heat tolerant cultivars will be more resilient to the impacts of climate change, allow flexibility in sowing dates and enhance opportunities for expanding area of grain legumes to new nichesand croppingsystems.

Plant Breeding, 2014

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is cultivated mostly in the arid and semiarid regions of the world.... more Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is cultivated mostly in the arid and semiarid regions of the world. Climate change will bring new production scenarios as the entire growing area in Indo-Pak subcontinent, major producing area of chickpea, is expected to undergo ecological change, warranting strategic planning for crop breeding and husbandry. Conventional breeding has produced several high-yielding chickpea genotypes without exploiting its potential yield owing to a number of constraints. Among these, abiotic stresses include drought, salinity, water logging, high temperature and chilling frequently limit growth and productivity of chickpea. The genetic complexity of these abiotic stresses and lack of proper screening techniques and phenotyping techniques and genotypeby-environment interaction have further jeopardized the breeding programme of chickpea. Therefore, considering all dispiriting aspects of abiotic stresses, the scientists have to understand the knowledge gap involving the physiological, biochemical and molecular complex network of abiotic stresses mechanism. Above all emerging 'omics' approaches will lead the breeders to mine the 'treasuring genes' from wild donors and tailor a genotype harbouring 'climate resilient' genes to mitigate the challenges in chickpea production.

Climate Change and Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance, 2013

Abiotic stress cues, including dehydration, salinity, thermotolerance and cold, affect plant grow... more Abiotic stress cues, including dehydration, salinity, thermotolerance and cold, affect plant growth, posing serious threats for sustainable agriculture. Overcoming these problems has become an urgent need due to their effects on global food security. Plant adaptation to stress conditions leads to modulation in the genomic, proteomic, and metabolomic architecture of the plant. Here, we show the series of physiological and molecular programs in stress adaptation regarding wheat plants. Basically, we focus on how candidate genes coupled with their networks, proteins, and metabolites change upon exposure to abiotic stress in wheat. Moreover, we raise the role of omics along with a system biological approach to ultimately enhance plant fitness in the future under fluctuating climate conditions.

Journal of Food Legumes, 2011

A field experiment was conducted during two consecutive winter seasons of 2006–07 and 2007–08 on ... more A field experiment was conducted during two consecutive winter seasons of 2006–07 and 2007–08 on Inceptisol at Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur to study the effect of foliar application of urea on chickpea under rainfed condition. Foliar application of urea apart from the basal application of recommended dose of fertilizers increased branching in chickpea by 8–23% over no spray or water spray. The highest grain yield and yield attributes were recorded with 2% urea spray at 75 days after sowing (DAS). The results also suggested that 2% foliar application of urea at 75 DAS significantly increased the seed size, leaf and seed nitrogen contents and also protein content of seeds. The increase in leaf nitrogen and protein content of seeds was significantly correlated with SPAD chlorophyll metre reading. The significant increase in the number of branches as a result of urea application also contributed towards overall biomass production under rainfed condition.

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The Crop Journal, 2016

The availability of stable cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS or A) lines coupled with a robust restor... more 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 pigeonpea varieties or lines. Three new CMS lines (ICPL 88039A, Pusa 992A, and DPP 3-2A) resulted from genetic crosses involving cytoplasmic donors from A 2 (GT 288A) and A 4 (ICPA 2089) categories. In addition to visual inspection of anthers, pollen-staining techniques and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis were used to confirm pollen sterility. Further, given the relevance of the plant mitochondrial genome to CMS manifestation, 25 mitochondrion-specific DNA markers were assayed on these newly developed A lines and isogenic maintainer (B) lines. DNA polymorphism between Pusa 992A and Pusa 992B as revealed by the nad7a_del marker confirmed the successful combination of sterilizing cytoplasm (A 4) and nonrestoring nuclear background (Pusa 992). Such cytoplasm-specific DNA markers are required for A 2-CMS as well. Further, to assess restoration ability, potential restorers were crossed with these CMS lines, and as a consequence, promising A × R combinations exhibiting 100% pollen fertility could be identified. In parallel, we also analyzed the inheritance patterns underlying fertility restoration using ICPL 88039A-derived F 2 and BC 1 F 1 populations, and established a monogenic dominant model to explain the phenomenon of A 2-CMS restoration. In summary, we report the successful development of new CMS lines and describe their effective deployment in hybrid breeding of pigeonpea.