<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Establishing core collections for enhanced use of germplasm in crop improvement"^^ . "Plant genetic resources are the basic raw materials and their use in breeding is the most sustainable way to conserve\r\nbiodiversity. Low use of germplasm in crop improvement programs has resulted large gap between the number of\r\ngermplasm preserved in genebanks and the number of germplasm used in crop breeding across the globe. Breeders are\r\nreluctant to use germplasm largely either due to lack of reliable information on economic traits besides linkage drag or\r\ndue to breakdown of co-adapted gene complexes, which may prolong cultivar development time. The reduced subsets,\r\nrepresenting diversity in the germplasm collection of a given species preserved in genebank, in the form of core or mini\r\ncore collections are the ideal genetic resources for discovering new sources of variations for use in crop improvement\r\nprograms. Two decades of research at ICRISAT has led to the establishment of core and mini core collections and their\r\nsubsequent evaluations has resulted in identification of new sources of variations, for example, resistance to abiotic and/\r\nor biotic stresses in chickpea, groundnut, pigeonpea, pearl millet, sorghum, finger millet and foxtail millet. Likewise, a\r\nnumber of nutritionally dense (high protein, Ca, Fe and Zn) germplasm have been identified in finger millet, foxtail millet,\r\ngroundnut, pearl millet, and sorghum. A few groundnut germplasm with improved oil quality, as determined by variation\r\nin oleic and linoleic fatty acids, were also identified. Many of these germplasm were agronomically at par or even superior\r\nover controls and showed specific and wide adaptation. The identified sources may be used in genomics and breeding to\r\nbroaden the cultigen’s genepool in these crops."^^ . "2015-01-25" . . "1" . "1" . . "BISAB"^^ . . . "EKIN, Journal of Crop Breeding and Genetics"^^ . . . . . . . . "H D"^^ . "Upadhyaya"^^ . "H D Upadhyaya"^^ . . . . . . "Establishing core collections for enhanced use of germplasm in crop improvement (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "ekin-Journal of Crop Breeding and Genetics.pdf"^^ . . . "Establishing core collections for enhanced use of germplasm in crop improvement (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Establishing core collections for enhanced use of germplasm in crop improvement (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Establishing core collections for enhanced use of germplasm in crop improvement (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Establishing core collections for enhanced use of germplasm in crop improvement (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Establishing core collections for enhanced use of germplasm in crop improvement (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #10058 \n\nEstablishing core collections for enhanced use of germplasm in crop improvement\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Germplasm"@en . . . "Gene Bank"@en . .