1Center of Excellence in Genomics and System Biology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad-500 001, Telangana, India
2Centre of Crop and Food Innovation and International Chair in Agriculture and Food Security with Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Australia
3Department of Biotechnology, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan-384 265, Gujarat, India
4Department of Life Science, Rai University, Dholka, Ahmedabad-380 009, Gujarat, India
5Gujarat Biotechnology University, Gandhinagar-382 010, Gujarat, India
*Corresponding Author: Kishan Patel, Department of Life Science, Rai University, Dholka, Ahmedabad-380 009, Gujarat, India, Email: kishan.patel@raiuniversity.edu
Online Published on 03 June, 2025.
Hybrid breeding strategy leading to define heterotic pools expedited execution of hybrid technology for amelioration of yield, quality, wide adaptability and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. In case of pigeonpea conventional hybrid breeding programme has yielded good dividends, yet it can be further honed up by understanding the genome wide variations in the hybrid parental lines for defining heterotic pools. Also, combining ability basis of defining heterotic pools offer enormous opportunities for pragmatic exploitation of pigeonpea hybrid technology with high yield advantages realized in farmers’ fields.
Genomics, Heterotic pools, Hybrid breeding, Pigeonpea
