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Status and Diversity of African Germplasm Collections Maintained at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

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Title Status and Diversity of African Germplasm Collections Maintained at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
 
Creator Mengesha, M H
Rao, S A
 
Subject Genetics and Genomics
Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description One of the major objectives of the International Crops Research Institute for the Serni-Arid
Tropics (ICRISAT) is to act as a world repository for the genetic resources of its mandate
crops: sorghi~mS,o t-gltirntb icolot.(L.)M ocnch: pearl millet, Petllliscrtrnt glatrc~rn(L~ .) R. Br.;
chickpea, Ciccr nr-ietittirnl L.; pigeonpea, Cc~jjcrttirsc ajntl (L.)M ill.: and groundnut, Arachis
Ilypognen L.. The Institute also assembles and conserves the gennplasm of six minor millets:
finger millet; Ele~tsitlec ot.acatln (L.) Gaertn.; foxtail millet, Serai.ia irnlica (L.)P . Beauv.;
proso millet, Pntlic~rnt sttntart.ettse Roth. ex Roem. & Schult.; barnyard nill let, Echinoclrloa
species; and kodo millet, Pnspcilrrnl sc~+obicrrlntrrnL1.
The usefulness of any world germplasm collection, such as the one assernbled at ICRISAT,
depends largely on proper sampling from various agroclirnatic zones, the long-term safety
and viability of the conserved material, the genetic diversity i t offers in both cultivated
landraces and their wild relatives, the accessibility of healthy seed samples along with their
passport and evaluation data, appropriate maintenance of the gerniplasm accessions to
minimize genetic drift, and the availability of a simple, classified and retrievable documentation
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Date 1991
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4492/1/CP_447.pdf
Mengesha, M H and Rao, S A (1991) Status and Diversity of African Germplasm Collections Maintained at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). In: International Conference on Crop Genetic Resources of Africa, 26-30 Sep 1988, Nairobi, Kenya.