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	Technologies Developed	Crop Imporvement Division / Technologies Developed

Pathogens deposited at ITCC New Delhi

Application of Neem cake as soil amelioration @5q/ha reduced the nematodes viz. Meloidogyne, Tylenchorhynchus and Pratylenchus population from 10 - 40 per cent in Sorghum + Cowpea Berseem + Japan sarson - Maize + Cowpea forage production system.

Trichoderma harziamum, Paeciliomyces lilacinus or VAM fungi, Glomus fasciculatus along with organic amendment gave effective control in Cowpea and Berseem root rot and nematode diseases.

Heterorhabditis indica and Steinernema carpocapsae spp. of entomopathogenic nematodes caused reduction of 72.10% and 49.66% grub population over untreated control, respectively.

Pathogens deposited at ITCC New Delhi

S.No.	Pathogen	Host	Location	Remarks
1.	Macrophomina phaseolina	Bengal gram (C. arietinum	Baratha, Jhansi, UP	Root rot disease
2.	Macrophomina phaseolina	Cowpea (V. unguiculata	Bhubaneshwar, Orissa	Stem rot disease
3.	Sclerotinia trifoliorum	Berseem (T. alexandrinum)	Garera, Dist. Datia, MP	Stem rot disease

BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Aiming at development of molecular markers and molecular maps in fodder crops, understanding and utilizing apomixis in perennial grasses, biochemical basis f stress tolerance, and generation of interspecific hybrids.

Identification of obligate sexual lines in C. ciliaris and guinea grass, and molecular markers for mode of reproduction.

Identification of molecular markers (SSR) in perennial grasses, berseem, oats and Stylosanthes.

Multigene control model for regulation of apomixis and Identification of reproductive pathways of seed development in apomictic grasses.

Generation of worlds' largest ploidy series in a crop plant utilizing Hybridization-supplemented Apomixis-components Partitioning Approach (HAPA) from a single progenitor (2n=4x=32) in guinea grass, represented by 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x and 11x cytotypes. ¢ Identification of differentially expressed genes during apomeosis in Pennisetum.

Tissue culture: Established protocol and micropropagation in Berseem, Oats, C. ciliaris; Embryo rescue in Berseem, Pearl millet; In vitro screening (salinity): Berseem, Oats

Cytogenetics: Identification/generation of Chromosomal races in Pearl millet (2x, 3x, 4x) (MS/MF/Maintainers), Berseem (2x, 4x); P. pedicellatum (4x, 6x, 8x), P. squamulatum (8x), P. orientale (4x, 6x); and Oats (aneuploids) (6x+)

Transformation in Lucerne, C. ciliaris, Dichanthium

Identitifcation of differentially expressed genes during apomeiosis in Pennisetum

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