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Breeding Biofortified Pearl Millet Cultivars with high iron density

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Title Breeding Biofortified Pearl Millet Cultivars with high iron density
 
Creator GOVINDARAJ, M.
 
Contributor Rai, K.N.
 
Subject pearl millet cultivars
iron density
Pearl millet
 
Description Harvest Plus Biofortification Program of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGJAR) has initiated the
development and dissemination of improved crop. Cultivars with elevated levels of these micromarients in several crops) including pearl
millet. Pearl millet) grown on 89
million ha in India) is major dryland cereal in the arid and semiarid
regions. It serves as a significant
source of dietary energy and contributes 1963%
of the Fe and 1656%
of the Zn intake from all food sources to a vast population in
parts of some of the major pearl millet growing states of India.
 
Date 2016-03-31
2017-03-16T00:06:56Z
2017-03-16T00:06:56Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9534
https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/L1lJppA8
M. GOVINDARAJ, K. N. Rai. (31/3/2016). Breeding Biofortified Pearl Millet Cultivars with high iron density. Indian Farming, 65 (12), pp. 53-55.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/6497
Open access
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
 
Source Indian Farming;65,(2016) Pagination 53,55