eprintid: 11686
rev_number: 11
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creators_name: Govindaraj, M
creators_name: Yadav, O P
creators_name: Srivastava, R K
creators_name: Gupta, S K
icrisatcreators_name: Govindaraj, M
icrisatcreators_name: Srivastava, R K
icrisatcreators_name: Gupta, S K
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
affiliation: Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
country: India
title: Conventional and Molecular Breeding Approaches for Biofortification of Pearl Millet
ispublished: pub
subjects: PG2
subjects: S1.5.1
subjects: ag2
divisions: CRPS2
crps: CG1
full_text_status: public
keywords: Pearl millet, Biofortification, Genetic improvement
abstract: Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is an essential diet of more than 90
million people in the semi-arid tropics of the world where droughts and low fertility
of soils cause frequent failures of other crops. It is an important nutri-rich grain
cereal in the drier regions of the world grown on 26 mha by millions of farmers
(IFAD 1999; Yadav and Rai 2013). This makes pearl millet the sixth most important
crop in the world and fourth most important food crop of the India, next to rice,
wheat, and maize with annual cultivation over an area of ~8 mha. Pearl millet is also
primary food crop in sub-Saharan Africa and is grown on 15 mha (Yadav and Rai
2013). The significant increase in productivity of pearl millet in India is attributed
to development and adoption of hybrids of early to medium duration maturity. More
than 120 diverse hybrids/varieties have been released till date for various production
environments. The heterosis breeding and improved crop management technologies
increased productivity substantially achieving higher increased production of
9.80 mt in 2016–2017 from 2.60 mt in 1950–1951 in spite of declined of area under
the crop by 20–30% over last two decades (Yadav et al. 2012).
date: 2019-02
date_type: published
publisher: Springer
place_of_pub: Cham, Switzerland
pagerange: 85-107
pages: 23
id_number: doi:10.1007/978-3-030-04609-5_4
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 978-3-030-04608-8
book_title: Quality Breeding in Field Crops
editors_name: Qureshi, Asif M. Iqbal
editors_name: Ahmad Dar, Zahoor
editors_name: Hussain Wani, Shabir
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04609-5_4
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related_url_type: pub
citation:   Govindaraj, M and Yadav, O P and Srivastava, R K and Gupta, S K  (2019) Conventional and Molecular Breeding Approaches for Biofortification of Pearl Millet.   In:  Quality Breeding in Field Crops.   Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 85-107.  ISBN 978-3-030-04608-8     
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