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	Activities and Achievements	Crop Improvement Division / Activities and Achievements

PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES (PGR)

Conservation of >8500 accessions representing 23 crops/species in Mid Term Storage Module.

Publication of 15 Germplasm Catalogues and 2 Descriptors in Forage Crops.

Registrations of Novel Genetic stocks National Germplasm Registration Committee: 21 nos.

Development of Core Collection in Sorghum and Cenchrus ciliaris.

Identification of donor accessions for biotic and abiotic stress conditions in major fodder crops.

Germplasm Catalogues published in following crops

Deenanath grass

Berseem

Teosinte

Siratro

Cowpea

Guinea grass

Cenchrus

Forage Maize

Oat

Stylo

Cluster bean

Pearl millet

Napier grass

White Clover

Forage Sorghum

Descriptors published in following crops

Egyptian Clover (Trifolium alexandrinum)

Dicanthium-Bothrichloa complex

Registrations of novel genetic stocks with Plant Germplasm Registration Committee

Crop	Trait	Year	INGR Number
Pennisetum pedicellatum	Octoploid (2n = 8x = 72)	2006	INGR 06018
Pennisetum squamulatum	New cytotype (2n = 56)	2006	INGR 06017
Panicum maximum	Triploid cytotype (2n=3x=24)	2009	INGR 09039
Panicum maximum	Tetraploid cytotype (2n=4x=32)	2009	INGR 09040
Panicum maximum	Pentaploid cytotype (2n=5x=40)	2009	INGR 09041
Panicum maximum	Hexaploid cytotype (2n=6x=48)	2009	INGR 09042
Panicum maximum	Octoploid cytotype (2n=8x=64)	2009	INGR 09043
Panicum maximum	Nonoploid cytotype (2n=9x=72)	2009	INGR 09044
Trifolium alexandrinum	Pentafoliate Berseem Penta 1	2009	INGR 09045
Pennisetum glaucum	Tetra A4 Tetraploid (2n=4x=28) male sterile bajra	2009	INGR 09046
Pennisetum glaucum	Tetra 1 Tetraploid (2n=4x=28) maintainer bajra	2009	INGR 09047
Cenchrus ciliaris	Sexual plant of C. ciliaris (IGFRI-CcSx-08/1)	2011	INGR 11062
Trifolium alexandrinum	Pentafoliate 4x	2012	INGR 12010
Trifolium alexandrinum	Black seeded	2012	INGR 12009
Trifolium alexandrinum	Self incompatible 4x	2012	INGR 12011
Trifolium alexandrinum	Self compatible 2x	2012	INGR 12012
Pearl millet	Obligate sexual interspecific hybrid between pearl millet and P. squamulatum (2n=42)	2013	INGR 13036
Pearl millet	Obligate apomictic interspecific hybrid between pearl millet and P. squamulatum (2n=42)	2013	INGR 13037
Pearl millet	A diploid apomeiotic hybrid (2n=16) between pearl millet and P. orientale exhibiting induced apospory.	2013	INGR 13038
Pearl millet	Interspecific hybrid derivative (2n=23) of P. glaucum x P. orientale exhibiting inheritable partitioned apomixis components (BIII hybrids)	2013	INGR 13039
Pearl millet	First tri-species hybrid (GOS hybrid, 2n=44) between Pennisetum glaucum, P. orientale andP. squamulatum	2013	INGR 13040
Trifolium alexandrium	Black seeded pentafoliate berseem	2015	INGR 15026

PLANT BREEDING

Active breeding in : Cultivated and Rainfed; Cereals, Legumes and Grasses

Major crops:

Rabi: berseem, oats, barley

Kharif: pearl millet, maize, sorghum, bajra-napier hybrid, guinea grass, cowpea

Salient achievements:

Release/identification of more than 30 varieties in fodder crops for commercial cultivation.

Pre Breeding: Interspecific hybrids developed utilizing conventional and biotechnological approaches in Berseem (for stem and root rot resistance, and increased longevity), Oats (quality traits), pearl millet (perenniality, multicut and apomixis) and maize (tillering and branching, salinity and water logging resistance).

FODDER CROP VARIETIES DEVELOPED AT CI DIVISION

Crop	Varieties	GFY (t/ha)	Areas for cultivation	Year of release/notification
*Leguminous fodder crops*
Berseem	Wardan	65-70	Whole country	1981
	Bundel Berseem 2	65-80	Central, NW zone	1997
	Bundel Berseem 3	65-80	NE Zone	2000
Lucerne	Chetak	45-50	Lucerne growing areas	1972
Cowpea	Bundel Lobia 1	25-30	Whole country	1992
	Bundel Lobia 2	25-30	North zone	1993
	Bundel Lobia 4	23-26	North-eastern Zone	2012
Guar	Bundel Guar 1	25-35	Whole country	1993
	Bundel Guar 2	30-40	Whole country	1994
	Bundel Guar 3	30-40	Whole country	1999
Field bean	Bundel Sem 1	25-35	Whole country	1993
*Grasses and Cereal Fodder Crops*
Oats	Bundel Jai822	44-50	Central zone	1989
	Bundel Jai 851	40-50	Whole country	1998
	Bundel Jai 2001-3	40-50	South and North West India	2006
	Bundel Jai 2004	40-50	All India except central zone	2008
	Bundel Jai 991	35-40	Hill Zone	2008
	Bundel Jai 2010-1	35-40	South zone	2013
Cenchrus	Bundel Anjan 1	30-35	Whole country	1989
	Bundel Anjan 2	30-35	Whole country	2006
Dinanath grass	Bundel Dinanath 1	55-60	Whole country	1985
	Bundel Dinanath 2	60-65	Whole country	1990
N. B. hybrid	Swetika	120-160	Central, northern and north eastern	1983
	IGFRI-7	135-185	acid soil	1986
	IGFRI-10	150-185	acid and saline soil with high yield potential	1986
Bajra	JHPM-05-2	70-80	Whole country except south zone	2008
Guinea grass	Bundel guinea 1	40-50	Punjab, HP, Central UP, Maharastra, TN	2002
	Bundel guinea 2	50-55	Rainfed conditions in semi-arid, tropical, sub-tropical and humid tropics	2007
	Bundel guinea 4	75-81	All guinea grass growing areas	2012
Sehima	Bundel Sen Ghas -1	18-20	Semi-arid, tropical and sub-tropical areas across the country	2007
Chrysopogon	Bundel Dhawalu Ghas-1	26-30	Rangelands under rainfed condition across the country	2007
Heteropogon	IGHC-03-4	25-30	Rangelands under rainfed condition across the country	2007

PLANT PROTECTION

Identification of major pests and diseases and their resistance sources in fodder crops.

Estimation of losses and disease epidemiology of major forage crops diseases.

Developed pest and disease management strategies in major forage crops (cultural/ biological/ botanicals/ chemicals/ integrated IPM)

Status of pests and diseases surveyed in important forage crops

Sources of resistance identified

Cowpea- root rot, leaf hopper, yellow mosaic virus, anthracnose

Lucerne- downy mildew, rust, aphid, weevil ¢ Berseem-stem and root rot

Sorghum-leaf disease, shoot fly

Cluster bean-leaf blight

Evolving pest and disease management strategies in major forage crops

Isolation and identification of native strains of biocontrol agents for Fusarium, Rhizoctonia and Macrophomina

Impact of weather variables on development of diseases and pests

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