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Development of crop cultivars for increased and stable production in dry lands of the semi-arid tropics

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Title Development of crop cultivars for increased and stable production in dry lands of the semi-arid tropics
 
Creator Rai, K N
Gaur, P M
Hash, C T
Sharma, K K
Gowda, C L L
Serraj, R
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description Increasing the grain yield and its stability in dry lands of the tropics of Asia
and Africa, as the horne to a vast impoverished humanity,'contipues to be a major
challenge for agricultural research and development Development of genetically
enhanced cultivars with high yield potential, appropriate maturity, an'd resistance to biotic and
abiotic stress factors is an effective approach to increasing and stabilizing the production in
these regions. Advances possible through this approach are illustrated with the impacts made in
pearl millet (Pelllliselul11 glaucum), a warm~season cereal; and chickpea (Cicer arielillum), a
cool-season legume, which are amongst the five mandate crops of the International Crops
Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAn. The research in this paper is
largely the work done by ICRISAT in partnership with the national agricultural research
systems and advanced research institutes. The convention,!l approach of enhancement
both in pearl millet ang chickpea has been highly successful. Progress has also been made in the
areas of molecular marker-assisted selection in both crops, and in wide hybridization and
transgenic technology in chickpea to improve those traits that are less amenable to genetic manipulation through conventional methods of genetic enhancement.
 
Date 2004
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/3552/1/JouAridLandStud14_S_69-72_2004.pdf
Rai, K N and Gaur, P M and Hash, C T and Sharma, K K and Gowda, C L L and Serraj, R (2004) Development of crop cultivars for increased and stable production in dry lands of the semi-arid tropics. Journal of Arid Land Studies, 14 (S). pp. 69-72.