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Current Situation and Future of Sorghum Germplasm

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Title Current Situation and Future of Sorghum Germplasm
 
Creator Mengesha, M H
Rao, K E P
 
Subject Sorghum
 
Description Collection and conservation of sorghum germplasm
was accelerated about two decades ago
because of the danger caused to the landraces by
the release of new varieties and hybrids. For
example, "Zera-zera" and "Hegari" landraces of
sorghum once present in the Gezira province of
Sudan are now completely out of cultivation
(Prasada Rao and Mengesha 1980). Although
landraces are still found in Africa and Asia in large
areas, it is no longer safe to expect that the same
situation will exist after another 10 years. Our
recent experience shows that several primitive
landraces once abundant in parts of Africa and
Asia are now extinct. Therefore, we are now in a
critical, transitional stage when there is an urgent
need to collect and conserve the traditional
landraces and their wild relatives at an accelerated
pace.
 
Date 1982
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5133/1/0095.pdf
Mengesha, M H and Rao, K E P (1982) Current Situation and Future of Sorghum Germplasm. In: Sorghum in the Eighties: Proceedings of Symposium on Sorghum, 2-7 November 1981, ICRISAT Patancheru, Andhra Padesh, India.