Upadhyaya, H D and Narsimha Reddy, K and Vetriventhan, M and Irshad Ahmed, M and Gumma, M K and Thimma Reddy, M and Singh, S K (2017) Sorghum germplasm from West and Central Africa maintained in the ICRISAT genebank: Status, gaps, and diversity. The Crop Journal, 5 (6). pp. 518-532. ISSN 22145141
|
PDF (It is an Open Access article)
- Published Version
Download (497kB) | Preview |
Abstract
The genebank at ICRISAT maintains 8020 accessions of sorghum from 16 West and Central African countries. Geographical gaps and diversity were assessed in the collection. Using the passport data of 3991 accessions for which georeferenced data were available, a total of 386 districts (gaps) located in 11 West and Central African countries were identified as geographical gaps. Burkina Faso with 140 and Nigeria with 118 districts were identified as countries with major geographical gaps. The collection of 43 accessions of wild species represented only three species belonging to Sorghum bicolor ssp. drummondii and ssp. verticilliflorum, S. hevisonii, and S. macrochaeta, highlighting the need for collection missions aimed exclusively at enriching the collection of wild relatives. Accessions having characterization data (7630) were used to assess diversity. The first three principal components contributed to > 60% of variation. Maximum diversity was observed in the collection from Nigeria for both qualitative and quantitative traits. Mean values indicated significant differences between basic and intermediate races for the traits studied. Among the races, accessions of guinea-caudatum for qualitative traits and those of caudatum for quantitative traits were highly diverse. The low intensity of the sorghum collection and the many geographical gaps in the collection underline the importance of launching collection missions to fill the gaps, particularly in regions of predominantly guinea sorghums. Genotyping of possible duplicate accessions is needed to identify duplicates in the collection. It is suggested that all passport information including georeferenced data of collection sites should be collected when samples are collected in gaps.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Divisions: | Research Program : Genetic Gains Research Program : Innovation Systems for the Drylands (ISD) |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Collection, Diversity Gaps, Germplasm, Landraces, Sorghum, Sorghum germplasm collection, ICRISAT genebank, West Africa, Central Africa, African countries, Geographical representation |
| Subjects: | Mandate crops > Sorghum Others > Genetics and Genomics Others > African Agriculture Others > Germplasm Others > West Africa Others > Central Africa Others > Gene Bank |
| Depositing User: | Mr Ramesh K |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Dec 2017 06:31 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Dec 2017 06:31 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/10367 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2017.07.002 |
| Projects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Funders: | Open Access funded by Institute of Crop Sciences |
| Acknowledgement: | The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of all former and current staff of the ICRISAT Genebank at Patancheru, India in the collection, assembly, conservation, characterization, and documentation of sorghum germplasm. The donation of sorghum samples by farmers in West and Central African countries is also acknowledged. |
| Links: |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
Altmetric
Altmetric