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Genetic Resources for Food Security

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/10585/
 
Title Genetic Resources for Food Security
 
Creator ICRISAT, -
 
Subject Millets
Chickpea
Pigeonpea
Groundnut
Sorghum
Food Security
Germplasm Collection
Gene Bank
 
Description Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) contribute enormously towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals of food security, poverty alleviation, environmental protection and sustainable development.
The genebank at ICRISAT headquarters holding 120,006 germplasm accessions is one of the world’s largest repositories of its mandate crops - sorghum, pearl
millet, chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut, including wild relatives and six small millets, from 144 countries. ICRISAT regional genebanks in Niger, Kenya and Zimbabwe conserve mostly working collections and mini core collections.
 
Publisher ICRISAT
 
Date 2012-07
 
Type Other
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10585/1/Poster%20Genetic%20Resources%20for%20Food%20Security.pdf
ICRISAT, - (2012) Genetic Resources for Food Security. ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad.