Table 5. Identification of donor accessions for their introgression to lentil genetic improvement against important agronomic and major biotic stress related traits.

Taxa/ trait	Accession	Gene pool	Country origin
Agronomic
L. orientalis	ILWL255, 476 ((High pods plant-1, shorter internode)	Primary	Turkey, Syria
L. odemensis	ILWL203, 237 (High pods plant-1, shorter internode)	Primary	Syria
L. ervoides	ILWL294, 321 ((High pods plant-1, shorter internode)	Tertiary	Turkey, Syria
Rust
L. orientalis	ILWL230, 349, 466	Primary	Turkey
L. odemensis	ILWL235, 357, ILWL203	Primary	Syria
L. tomentosus	ILWL 90, 95,198, 308, 480	Primary	Syria
L. ervoides	ILWL60, 92, 269, 292, 414, 419, IG136226	Tertiary	Turkey, Syria
L. nigricans	ILWL9, 17, 37, 111, 460, IG136639, IG136648	Quaternary
Powdery mildew
L. orientalis	ILWL 230, 466	Primary	Syria
L. odemensis	ILWL 39, 196, IG136788	Primary	Turkey, Syria
L. tomentosus	ILWL 198, 480	Primary	Turkey, Syria
L. ervoides	ILWL51, 401, 418, 441	Tertiary	Montenegro, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
L. nigricans	ILWL6, 9, 22, 34, 37, 111	Quaternary	Turkey, Syria Italy, Ukraine, Turkey, Turkey
L. lamottei	ILWL 29	Secondary	Spain
Fusarium wilt
L. orientalis	ILWL7, 96, 117, 227, 246, 344, 359	Primary	Turkey, Turkey, Syria, Syria, Syria, Syria, Syria,
L. odemensis	ILWL15, 39	Primary	France, Turkey
L. tomentosus	ILWL 199, 308	Primary
L. ervoides	ILWL 58, 398, 414, IG136626	Tertiary	Turkey, Lebanon, Syria Israeli
L. nigricans	ILWL17, 19, 23, 34, 38, 474	Quaternary	Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Turkey, Turkey
L. lamottei	ILWL 20, 430	Secondary	PAL, Spain,

Gene pool classification of Wong et al. [31]