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Farmers’ Participatory Varietal Selection: A Sustainable Crop Improvement Approach for the 21st Century

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Title Farmers’ Participatory Varietal Selection: A Sustainable Crop Improvement Approach for the 21st Century
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Creator Y. P. SINGH, A. K. NAYAK, D. K. SHARMA, R. K. GAUTAM, R. K. SINGH, RANBIR SINGH, V. K. MISHRA, T. PARIS,5 and A. M. ISMAIL
 
Subject adoption, participatory varietal selection (PVS), preference analysis, rice varieties, sodic soil, sensory analysis
 
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Participatory variety selection (PVS) for the selection and testing
of salt tolerant varieties/genotypes and breeding accessions
of rice was conducted at Central Soil Salinity Research Institute,
Regional Research Station, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India from
2001 to 2007. This aimed to identify high yielding, adaptable,
and acceptable rice cultivars for sodic soils through farmers’ participation.
Typically, plant breeders develop varieties isolated from
active farmers and release varieties that are most productive under
ideal conditions; often they are not suitable for marginal farm
conditions, like sodic lands. Therefore, PVS facilitates development
of varieties suitable for marginal soils and farmers’ interests.
A collection of modern rice varieties/genotypes was screened and
evaluated under researcher-managed trials during 2001. From
2002 to 2008, farmers became a part of the variety/genotype selection
and testing process in order to incorporate their preferences,
which were crucial for the large-scale adoption of the selected
variety/genotype. With farmer support, genotype CSR-89IR-8 was
identified as superior and not only performed better in different
locations in the state of Uttar Pradesh, but was also readily adoptedby many farmers in sodic areas. This genotype is tolerant to sodicity
(up to pH2 ∼9.9) and yields more grain in sodic soil than
other varieties/genotypes tested. In view of the successful testing
and large scale adoption of CSR-89IR-8 in the target sodic areas of
Indo-Gangetic plains, this genotype was officially released as variety
CSR 43 by Uttar Pradesh State Variety Release Committee in
2011for widespread cultivation. The successful use of PVS in these
sodic environments convinced researchers, stakeholders, and partner
organizations to more broadly adopt this approach for new rice
variety development, particularly for other salt affected areas.
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Date 2018-09-22T10:54:43Z
2018-09-22T10:54:43Z
2014
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Singh, et al., 2014.Farmers’ Participatory Varietal Selection: A Sustainable Crop Improvement Approach for the 21st Century. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 38:427–444.
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/7171
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Taylor & Francis