Editing Chickpea (section)

===Genome sequencing===

[[Whole genome sequencing|Sequencing of the genome]] has been completed for 90 chickpea genotypes, including several wild species.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icrisat.org/newsroom/news-releases/icrisat-pr-2013-media2.htm |publisher=International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics |title=Global research team decodes genome sequence of 90 chickpea lines|date=2013 |access-date=9 October 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304133909/http://www.icrisat.org/newsroom/news-releases/icrisat-pr-2013-media2.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> A collaboration of 20 research organizations, led by the [[International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics]] (ICRISAT),  sequenced CDC Frontier, a ''kabuli'' chickpea variety, and identified more than 28,000 genes and several million genetic markers.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Varshney|first1=Rajeev K|last2=Song |first2=Chi |last3=Saxena |first3=Rachit K. |last4=Azam |first4=Sarwar |last5=Yu |first5=Sheng |last6=Sharpe |first6=Andrew G. |last7=Cannon |first7=Steven |last8=Baek |first8=Jongmin |last9=Rosen |first9=Benjamin D. |date=2013-01-27 |title=Draft genome sequence of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) provides a resource for trait improvement |journal=Nature Biotechnology |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=240–246 |doi=10.1038/nbt.2491 |pmid=23354103 |s2cid=6649873 |url=https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/98941191/Draft_genome_sequence_of_chickpea_Cicer_arietinum_provides_a_resource_for_trait_improvement.pdf|doi-access=free}}</ref>