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AICRP- Pear millet, JAU, CCS-HAU, SKNAU, MPKV, IARI (6)

Objectives:

  1. Development of pearl millet genotype for high Zinc and Iron through conventional breeding and identification of genomic regions associated with enhanced micronutrients through mapping and association mapping.
  2. Development of value added products for ready to cook and multi grain mixture suitable for mid-day meal scheme.
 

Target Traits

Iron > 42 ppm

Zinc > 32 ppm

                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Varieties released

 
  Hybrid/Variety Status CRP centers Iron (ppm) Zinc (ppm)
1 HHB 299 S. O 1379 (E)/ 27.03.2018 CCS HAU,Hisar 73 41
2 HHB 311 Identified CCS HAU, Hisar 83 39
3 RHB 233 Identified RARI, SKN AU 83 46
4 RHB 234 Identified RARI, SKN AU 84 41

 Common study across the partners (CRP Biofortification Parental Line Trial (CRPB PLT) Kharif 2017): The trial was successfully conducted across 6 locations viz., Mandor, Jamnagar, New Delhi, Dhule, Jaipur and Hisar in zone A and B during kharif 2017. The trial comprises 16 entries including two checks with high Fe and Zn contributed by different ICAR-AICRP on Pearl millet centers and ICRISAT. The performance of experimental entries along with two checks viz. ICMB 98222  and Dhanshakti for  days to flowering, plant height, panicle per plant, agronomic scores and Fe and Zn content (Table 1). High Fe content (84-118 ppm) were recorded in entry no. 3, 5, 4, 10, 8, 1 and high Zn content (57-84 ppm) were recorded in entry no. 3, 1, 5, 8, 1 and  4 in comparison to the best check Dhanshakti (Fe 83 and  Zn 55ppm).

Table 1: CRP Biofortification parental line trial (CRPB-PLT) kharif-17

 
 

Mandor

            Grand mean
Fe Zn Fe Zn Fe Zn Fe Zn Fe Zn Fe Zn Fe Zn
H 2302

47

58 75 65 107 91 79 51 85 71 114 74 84 68
J-2571 40 38 78 46 105 75 88 41 68 30 107 59 81 48
10-SB-16 70 67 135 83 165 126 113 72 126 98 100 60 118 84
PPMI 952 60 45 114 58 135 76 105 51 96 61 96 54 101

57

PPMI 95865 65 49 115 56 161 108 104 44 100 69 120 71 111

66

PPMI 959 47 40 79 46 114 87 98 48 73 56 72 45 80

54

ICHFPT 16-4 46 43 86 58 101 97 102 46 38 8 86 54 77

51

ICHFPT 16-15 41 36 108 66 128 95 66 33 117 87 101 63 93

63

ICHFPT 16-17 25 22 44 28 47 49 49 26 37 29 74 54 46

35

ICHFPT 16-14 52 44 90 55 131 93 91 41 111 71 101 59 96

60

JMSB 20158 31 34 48 35 93 63 94 47 69 68 91 60 71

51

JMSB 20143 33 35 57 41 70 51 69 40 60 45 75 53 61

44

JMSB1 20159 29 30 72 42 83 62 93 40 70 55 79 50 71

46

JMSB1 20156 37 30 57 38 88 73 104 57 76 64 93 51 76

52

ICMB 98222 (C) 36 41 90 49 117 83 91 41 71 54 63 47 78

53

Dhanshakti (C) 43 37 83 50 123 97 87 40 80 49 84 55 83

55

 

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