Satyavathi, C T and Sankar, S M and Singh, S P and Kapoor, C and Soumya, S L and Ambawat, S and Khandelwal, V and Srivastava, R K and Gobu, R (2024) Breeding Climate Resilient Pearl Millet Cultivars for India. In: The Pearl Millet Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes, 1 (1). Springer, Cham, Switzerland AG, pp. 31-55. ISBN 978-3-031-56976-0
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Pearl millet or Bajra or Bulrush millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is a chief food crop widely cultivated in India, particularly in arid and semi-arid climatic regions. The adoption of high-yielding and disease-resistant cultivars has increased pearl millet productivity consistently over time. However, pearl millet productivity is significantly affected by climate variability patterns, such as rising atmospheric temperatures, frequent droughts and erratic rainfall conditions. The vicissitudes wrought by the capricious hand of climate change upon agriculture doth demand the tailoring of pearl millet cultivars bedecked with attributes most resilient to such whimsical climatic capers. Several breeding approaches, including marker-assisted selection, genomic selection, and participatory breeding, have been undertaken to discern and integrate climate resilience traits into pearl millet cultivars. Development of genetic pools for various abiotic, biotic, nutritional, biochemical traits, and use of crop-wild relatives, ideotype-based approaches have been instrumental for breeding climate-resilient pearl millet cultivars with improved genetic gains. Accelerated improvement of climate-smart pearl millet cultivars in India will be much useful to improve both victuals and nutritional assurance as well as livelihood of several millions of poor smallholder farmers and consumers. This chapter explores the key hurdles posed by climate vagaries on pearl millet production and highlights the genetic improvements made to breed different climate-resilient pearl millet cultivars in India.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Divisions: | Research Program : Asia |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Series Name: | Compendium of Plant Genomes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Breeding, climate resilient, pearl millet, india |
| Subjects: | Others > Plant Breeding Mandate crops > Millets > Pearl Millet Others > Climate Resilient Technologies Others > India |
| Depositing User: | Mr Nagaraju T |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jan 2025 04:30 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jan 2025 04:30 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/12925 |
| Acknowledgement: | UNSPECIFIED |
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