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Development of ESTs from chickpea roots and their use in diversity analysis of the Cicer genus.
BMC plant biology - 17 Aug 2005
Buhariwalla Hutokshi K, Jayashree B, Eshwar K, Crouch Jonathan H
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BACKGROUND: Chickpea is a major crop in many drier regions of the world where it is an important protein-rich food and an increasingly valuable traded commodity. The wild annual Cicer species are known to possess unique sources of resistance to pests and diseases, and tolerance to environmental stresses. However, there has been limited utilization of these wild species by chickpea breeding programs due to...
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