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Synthesis of new abiotic and biotic stress tolerant genepool through introgression of alleles from wild species into pearl millet cultivars

Grant No
GS15005
Project Description
Though pearl millet is a cross pollinated crop and thus has a wide natural genetic diversity, the benefits of gene assemblies available for biotic and abiotic tolerances in wild backgrounds have not yet been harnessed. This project aimed to begin exploring the wild relatives of pearl millet. The team advanced ICRISAT's collection of 794 wild pearl millet accessions, evaluating them for resistance to drought, flowering stage heat tolerance, and blast. Promising alleles were flagged with molecular markers; these introgression lines were conserved in the ICRISAT genebank.
Institute Name
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India (ICRISAT)
Institute Country
India
List of Countries
  • India
Crops
Crop Seed or Veg type Acc collected Acc regenerated Acc sent to CG Acc introduced to genebank Acc sent to Svalbard
Pearl Millet 0 0 0 0 0
Program Name
Crop Wild Relatives
Donor
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
Start Date
1st of September 2015
End Date
31st of December 2018
Status
Completed
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