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Book of Abstracts <strong>First</strong> <strong>Legume</strong> <strong>Society</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> 2013: A <strong>Legume</strong> Odyssey Novi Sad, Serbia, 9-11 May 2013<br />

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Studies on Water-Logging Tolerance in Pigeon pea: Future Prospectus<br />

Anupama Hingane, Suyash Patil, KB Saxena<br />

International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India<br />

Temporary water-logging during rainy season is a major yield reducer in pigeonpea. Since<br />

agronomic options are expensive some permanent genetic solutions are necessary to overcome<br />

this constraint. To identify tolerant cultivars, 49 genotypes were screened at three critical stages<br />

of crop growth. These genotypes were selected on the basis of initial screening in previous year.<br />

Screening at seed stage revealed that dark seed genotypes, long duration lines and hybrids<br />

exhibited greater tolerance to eight days of continuous water logging as compared to white or<br />

brown seeded lines. At early seedling stage, water-logging resulted in chlorosis, wilting of plants,<br />

reduction in leaf area and height in susceptible lines. While screening at late seedling stage in field<br />

conditions showed drastic effect of submergence on plant survival, t<strong>here</strong> was severe<br />

phytophthora infestation in field screening and very few genotypes survive submergence at this<br />

stage. Genotypes ICP 5028, ICPH 2740, MAL 15, ICPH 2431, ICPL 20237, ICPL 87119 and<br />

ICPL 332 survived water-logging stress at all the three stages. Some anatomical and<br />

morphological traits were found to be related to Water-logging resistance. These include<br />

development of lenticles and adventitious roots just above the water level along with formation<br />

of arenchyma cells in root cortex. Linking tolerance with these adaptation traits may help in<br />

selecting resistance genotypes. Crosses have been made to study the inheritance of resistance and<br />

to develop populations for identifying molecular markers. This will enable in pyramiding the<br />

desirable traits to improve submergence tolerance through marker assisted selection.<br />

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