title: Wild Help for Enhancing Genetic Resistance in Lentil Against Fungal Diseases.
abstract: Lentil (Lens culinaris) is one of the cool season grain legume crops and an important source of dietary proteins and fibre. Fungal diseases are main constraints to lentil production and account for significant yield and quality losses. Lentil has a narrow genetic base presumably due to a bottleneck during domestication and as a result, any resistance to fungal diseases in the cultivated genepool is gradually eroded and overcome by pathogens. New sources of resistance have been identified in wild lentil (Lens ervoides). This article provides an overview of harnessing resistance potential of wild germplasm to enhance genetic resistance in lentil cultivars using next-generation sequencing-based genotyping, comparative genomics and marker-assisted selection breeding.
authors.affiliation: Crop Development Centre / Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A8 Canada.
authors.forename: Vijai
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bhadauria
authors.forename: Melissa M L
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Kirstin E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Bett
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banniza
mesh_terms: D001947:Breeding; D060467:Disease Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D018745:Genome, Plant; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods; D005838:Genotype; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions / Q000235:genetics*; D027806:Lens Plant / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012641:Selection, Genetic
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins