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Genetic polymorphisms among and between blast disease resistant and susceptible finger millet, Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn

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Title Genetic polymorphisms among and between blast disease resistant and susceptible finger millet, Eleusine
coracana (L.) Gaertn
 
Creator Hash, C T
Yadav, R S
Sharma, A
Bidinger, F R
Devos, K M
Gale, M D
Howarth, C J
Chandra, S
Cavan, G P
Serraj, R
Kumar, P S
Breese, W A
Witcombe, J R
 
Subject Pearl Millet
Finger Millet
Drought
Genetics and Genomics
Plant Disease
 
Description Ten years ago, when most of the world still viewed molecular marker technology as
an untested luxury, a collaborative John Innes Centre-ICRISAT project was funded by
the DFID Plant Sciences Research Programme to develop molecular techniques for
the breeding of crops for developing countries. The first major milestone was
achieved in 1993 with the creation of the first genetic
map of the pearl millet genome. Now more than 600 molecular markers have been
created, detailed linkage maps produced and quantitative trait loci (QTLs) linked to
the map. MilletGenes, the first UK plant genome database, was initiated with DFID funding
and has now been incorporated into the BBSRC-funded UK CropNET Programme.
The database is publicly available and is being used by ICRISAT and NARS
scientists to assist their MAS (marker-assisted selection) breeding programmes.
The first pearl millet marker-assisted backcrossing program to transfer downy mildew
resistances and drought tolerance genes into commercial hybrid parental lines in India
has been completed. Based on past experience a major pearl millet downy mildew epidemic could result in
a grain loss worth £7.8 million. About £2.6 million worth of additional grain yield could be expected annually from a
10% increase in grain yield of the best new versions of the popular hybrid HHB 67.
 
Publisher ICRISAT
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10611/1/Marker-assisted_selection_for_downy_mild.pdf
Hash, C T and Yadav, R S and Sharma, A and Bidinger, F R and Devos, K M and Gale, M D and Howarth, C J and Chandra, S and Cavan, G P and Serraj, R and Kumar, P S and Breese, W A and Witcombe, J R Genetic polymorphisms among and between blast disease resistant and susceptible finger millet, Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. Documentation. ICRISAT.