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Wild species are not only sources of resistance to important pests and diseases but are also sources of variability. Groundnut, chickpea and pigeonpea have a rich germplasm in the form of wild species. Interspecific hybridization to transfer resistance to important constraints is an on-going program at ICRISAT. Progress has been made to transfer foliar and viral disease resistance genes into interspecific derivatives of groundnut. Interspecific derivatives of pigeonpea obtained as a result of crossing Cajanus platycarpus with C. cajan have resistance to Phytophthora blight disease, a character inherited from the wild species. None of the cultivated pigeonpea have resistance to Phytophthora blight disease. One of the reasons for difficulty in accessing genes from the wild species is the barrier to hybridization. Anatomical studies of the cross between C. platycarpus and C. cajan revealed that one of the post zygotic barriers operating in the cross was the breakdown of the walls of the immature seed leading to the crushing of the hybrid embryo. The progress made in wide hybridization in groundnut, pigeonpea and chickpea are discussed in detail.
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Mallikarjuna, N. (2003). Wide Hybridization in Important Food Legumes. In: Jaiwal, P.K., Singh, R.P. (eds) Improvement Strategies of Leguminosae Biotechnology. Focus on Biotechnology, vol 10A. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0109-9_6
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