The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed India’s first fully annotated Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) reference genome of the pigeonpea variety ‘Asha’. The breakthrough is expected to accelerate crop improvement, strengthen pulse self-reliance, and support the development of climate-resilient, high-yielding pigeonpea varieties. BulletsIn ICAR has developed India’s first fully annotated Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) reference genome of



