Cajanus (Pigeon pea)

The genus Cajanus is a member of the plant family Fabaceae. There are 37 species, mainly distributed across Africa, Asia and Australasia. Species include the pigeon pea (C. cajan), which is a significant food crop.

NCBI taxonomy ID: 3820

Tools and resources for the genus as a whole

ZZBrowse: Association viewers (QTL, GWAS)
Genome Context Viewer: Browser for dynamically discovering and viewing genomic synteny across selected species.
Germplasm GIS: Geographic information system viewer, showing collection locations for Cajanus data held by the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System.

Tools and resources for particular species

Cajanus cajan: pigeonpea

Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) is a member of the millettioid (warm-season legume) clade within the sub-family Papilionoideae. Pigeonpea is the main protein source for more than a billion people in the developing world. It is grown mainly in the semi-arid tropical regions (Asia, Africa and Central/South America).

NCBI taxonomy ID: 3821

Cajanus cajan resources

LIS SequenceServer: SequenceServer BLAST against the Cajanus cajan assembly v1.0

Cajanus cajan accessions

ICPL87119 (International Crops Research Inst. for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT))
ICPL 87119 is a high-yielding pigeonpea variety, resistant to fusarium wilt and sterility mosaic diseases, identified for release in the central and south zones of India in 1992.