“…Subsequently, the use of RFLP markers remained limited in lentil because it required high technical skills for their development. The advent of markers based on PCR (random amplified polymorphic DNA [RAPD], sequence characterized amplified region [SCAR], and SSR) has accelerated their use widely in lentil breeding programs (Kumar et al, 2015), and they are still in use (A. Singh et al, 2016; Ates, Aldemir, Alsaleh, et al, 2018; D. Singh et al, 2016; D. Singh et al, 2019; Gupta et al, 2016; Kumar, Choudhary, et al, 2018; Kumar, Gupta, Biradar, et al, 2018; Mbasani‐Mansi et al, 2019; Polanco et al, 2019; Tsanakas et al, 2018). In lentil, a set of 122 genomic SSR markers were developed for utilization in breeding programs (Verma et al, 2014).…”