<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Exploring the genetic variability and diversity of pearl millet core collection germplasm for grain nutritional traits improvement"^^ . "Improving essential nutrient content in staple food crops through biofortification breeding can\r\novercome the micronutrient malnutrition problem. Genetic improvement depends on the availability\r\nof genetic variability in the primary gene pool. This study was aimed to ascertain the magnitude of\r\nvariability in a core germplasm collection of diverse origin and predict pearl millet biofortification\r\nprospects for essential micronutrients. Germplasm accessions were evaluated in field trials at ICRISAT,\r\nIndia. The accessions differed significantly for all micronutrients with over two-fold variation for Fe\r\n(34–90 mg kg−1), Zn (30–74 mg kg−1), and Ca (85–249 mg kg−1). High estimates of heritability (> 0.81)\r\nwere observed for Fe, Zn, Ca, P, Mo, and Mg. The lower magnitude of genotype (G) × environment\r\n(E) interaction observed for most of the traits implies strong genetic control for grain nutrients. The\r\ntop-10 accessions for each nutrient and 15 accessions, from five countries for multiple nutrients were\r\nidentified. For Fe and Zn, 39 accessions, including 15 with multiple nutrients, exceeded the Indian\r\ncultivars and 17 of them exceeded the biofortification breeding target for Fe (72 mg kg−1). These 39\r\naccessions were grouped into 5 clusters. Most of these nutrients were positively and significantly\r\nassociated among themselves and with days to 50% flowering and 1000-grain weight (TGW) indicating\r\nthe possibility of their simultaneous improvement in superior agronomic background. The identified\r\ncore collection accessions rich in specific and multiple-nutrients would be useful as the key genetic\r\nresources for developing biofortified and agronomically superior cultivars."^^ . "2020-12" . . . "10" . "1" . . "Nature Research"^^ . . . "Scientific Reports (TSI)"^^ . . . "20452322" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "K N"^^ . "Rai"^^ . "K N Rai"^^ . . "H"^^ . "Shivade"^^ . "H Shivade"^^ . . "A"^^ . "Kanatti"^^ . "A Kanatti"^^ . . "H D"^^ . "Upadhyaya"^^ . "H D Upadhyaya"^^ . . "A S"^^ . "Rao"^^ . "A S Rao"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Govindaraj"^^ . "M Govindaraj"^^ . . . . . . "Exploring the genetic variability and diversity of pearl millet core collection germplasm for grain nutritional traits improvement (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Exploring the genetic variability Scientific Reports 2020 s41598-020-77818-0.pdf"^^ . . . "Exploring the genetic variability and diversity of pearl millet core collection germplasm for grain nutritional traits improvement (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #11662 \n\nExploring the genetic variability and diversity of pearl millet core collection germplasm for grain nutritional traits improvement\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Pearl Millet"@en . . . "Genetics and Genomics"@en . . . "Food and Nutrition"@en . .