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Case study of adoption of a pearl millet variety in a non-target region

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Title Case study of adoption of a pearl millet variety in a non-target region
 
Creator Mula, R P
Rai, K N
Yadav, S K
 
Subject Millets
 
Description Cross-pollinated breeding system of pearl millet
(Pennisetum glaucum), or popularly called bajra, provides
for open-pollinated varieties (OPVs) and hybrids as the
two broad cultivars options. The International Crops
Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
initially had a major emphasis on OPVs, leading to the
development and release of several OPVs from its
breeding programs in Asia and Africa. The first and the
most successful among these was WC-C75 developed at
ICRISAT, Patancheru from a composite introduced from
Nigeria. Released in India in 1982, its average grain yield
in 110 trials conducted by the All India Coordinated
Pearl Millet Improvement Project (AICPMIP) in all pearl
millet growing states was 99% of that of the then most
popular and widely cultivated hybrid BJ 104 (Andrews et
al. 1985). At the peak of its adoption during late 1980s, it
was cultivated on about 1.2 million ha (Rai et al. 2006).
However, a comparative study of OPVs and hybrids from
several AICPMIP trials showed that hybrids, in general,
give 25–30% more grain yield than OPVs (Rai et al.
2006). Thus, as more productive hybrids were produced,
WC-C75 was gradually replaced.
 
Date 2010
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/2252/1/Journal_of_SAT_Agricultural_Research_8_5pag.pdf
Mula, R P and Rai, K N and Yadav, S K (2010) Case study of adoption of a pearl millet variety in a non-target region. Journal of SAT Agricultural Research, 8. pp. 1-5.