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Exploiting Genetic Diversity for Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change: A Case of Finger Millet in East Africa

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Title Exploiting Genetic Diversity for Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change: A Case of Finger Millet in East Africa
 
Creator Manyasa, E O
Tongoona, P
Shanahan, P
Githiri, S M
Ojulong, H
Rathore, A
 
Subject Finger Millet
Genetics and Genomics
Climate change
East Africa
 
Description With the reality of global climate change there is a need to exploit the variation in the germplasm in order to develop
genotypes adapted to these changes. This requires breeding and selection of crops at strategically selected locations
along a rainfall/temperature gradient to enable farmers select desired cultivars. Eighty one finger millet germplasm lines
from East Africa were evaluated in eight environments spread across Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda for adaptation,
grain yield stability using the additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI) ANOVA and Genotype and
Genotype x Environment (GGE) models and blast reaction under artificial and natural inoculation. Lanet 2012 long
rains, Serere 2012 long rains and Miwaleni 2012 long rains were found to be the most discriminating environments
for the low temperature, sub-humid mid-altitude and dry lowland areas, respectively. Alupe 2012 long rains was the
ideal environment for blast selection. Seven genotypes were identified for yield stability across the eight environments
whereas nine genotypes had specific adaptation. Nine genotypes were identified with resistance to three blast types.
However, one and two genotypes had high resistance only to leaf and neck blast, respectively. Two resistant and 12
moderately resistant genotypes to blast attained the highest grain yields and had varied maturity, plant heights and
grain colour. This will provide farmers the opportunity to select genotypes appropriate to their target agro-ecologies
with desired end-uses. The East African finger millet germplasm has high potential as a source of climate smart
high yielding and blast resistant genotypes for direct production and/or breeding.
 
Date 2016-11
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10300/1/pages%20115.pdf
Manyasa, E O and Tongoona, P and Shanahan, P and Githiri, S M and Ojulong, H and Rathore, A (2016) Exploiting Genetic Diversity for Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change: A Case of Finger Millet in East Africa. In: 1st International Agrobiodiversity Congress, November 06-09, 2016, New Delhi, India.