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Key descriptors for fonio millets

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Title Key descriptors for fonio millets
 
Creator Elangovan, M
Hariprasanna, K
Pandey, S
Pradheep, K
Vetriventhan, M
Alercia, A
Cerutti, A L
Lopez, F
 
Subject Millets
 
Description The Key descriptors for fonio millets consist of an initial minimum set of characterization and evaluation descriptors for Digitaria exilis Stapf and Digitaria iburua Stapf of the family Poaceae. This strategic set aims at facilitating access to and utilization of these species and it does not
exclude the addition of other descriptors later. This work has been done jointly with the ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research (ICARIIMR), the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the
ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (ICAR-NBPGR) and the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The descriptor list is based on a
draft list of descriptors for fonio developed by Dr Raymond Vodohuè and a group of scientists. Subsequently, internet searches were carried out looking for the most updated information on relevant characteristics and traits. The original list was afterwards integrated with evaluation
traits. Special attention was given to the inclusion of descriptors relevant to germplasm utilization, including nutritional traits and biotic and abiotic stresses of particular importance in the context of emerging adverse weather events, which are expected to intensify under
current and future climate challenges. The key set of access and utilization descriptors was defined through an online survey, in which 28 experts from 23 different organizations and universities from 16 countries participated. The results of the survey were subsequently validated in consultation with a Core Advisory Group (see “Contributors”) led by ICAR-IIMR, ICAR-NBPGR and ICRISAT. The strategic set of data standards is designed to facilitate access to and utilization of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Together with passport information (Alercia, A.
et al. 2015), descriptors are critical to the effective sharing of characterization and evaluation data and to the efficient use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.
 
Publisher ICAR-IIMR, ICAR-NBPGR, ICRISAT and FAO
 
Date 2023
 
Type Monograph
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/12335/1/Key%20descriptors%20for%20fonio%20millets.pdf
Elangovan, M and Hariprasanna, K and Pandey, S and Pradheep, K and Vetriventhan, M and Alercia, A and Cerutti, A L and Lopez, F (2023) Key descriptors for fonio millets. Other. ICAR-IIMR, ICAR-NBPGR, ICRISAT and FAO, Rome.