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Sesamum

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Known to have been grown for 5,500 years, sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is one of the oldest oilseed crops, with ample recorded evidence that it had immense importance even in the Harappan, Mesopotamian, and Anatolian eras for its edible seed and oil. The genus Sesamum belongs to the family Pedaliaceae, which contains more than 30 species, of which only S. indicum L. is cultivated. However, many of the wild species remain unknown, their chromosome numbers have not been determined, and their distribution areas have not been described. The latest information on the distribution and characteristics of various wild species, as well as studies on interspecific and intergeneric crosses is discussed in this chapter. Though the wild species are the potential sources for the major pest and disease resistant genes, transfer of these into cultivated sesame has not been accomplished over the past 50 years due to several reasons, which will be discussed here. With present day molecular tools, the identification and transfer of desirable genes from wild to cultivated S. indicum would be much faster and less cumbersome. The availability of a transformation system for sesame can hasten this process.

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Nimmakayala, P., Perumal, R., Mulpuri, S., Reddy, U.K. (2011). Sesamum. In: Kole, C. (eds) Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14871-2_16

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