<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Identification of trait-specific germplasm and developing a mini core collection for efficient use of foxtail millet genetic resources in crop improvement"^^ . "Foxtail millet is an important staple crop in some parts of China, India and Japan, and a potential bioenergy\r\nsource. The grains are rich source of protein, fiber, minerals and vitamins. We had earlier reported\r\nthe development of a core collection (155 accessions) of foxtail millet. This study was initiated to identify\r\ntrait-specific germplasm for agronomic and nutritional traits, and to develop a mini core through multilocational\r\nevaluation of the foxtail millet core collection. One hundred and fifty-five accessions together\r\nwith five controls (four common and one location-specific control) were evaluated for 21 descriptors at\r\nfive agro-ecologically diverse locations in India during the 2008 rainy season. The experiment was conducted\r\nin an alpha design with three replications at Patancheru, and in an augmented design with one of\r\nthe five controls repeated after every nine-test entries at other locations. A number of diverse germplasm\r\naccessions with agronomically (earliness and high grain yield) and nutritionally (high seed protein, calcium,\r\niron and zinc) superior traits were identified for use in foxtail millet breeding. The hierarchical\r\ncluster analysis of data using phenotypic distances resulted in 25 clusters, from each cluster, ∼10% or\r\na minimum of one accession was selected to form a mini core, which comprised of 35 accessions. The\r\ncomparison of mean, variance, frequency distribution, diversity (H’) and phenotypic correlations revealed\r\nthat the mini core indeed captured adequate variability from the core collection. This mini core collection\r\nis an ideal pool of diverse germplasm for studying population structure and diversity, and identifying new\r\nsources of variation for use in breeding and genomics studies in foxtail millet."^^ . "2011" . . "124" . "3" . . "Elsevier"^^ . . . "Field Crops Research"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "H L"^^ . "Nadaf"^^ . "H L Nadaf"^^ . . "S K"^^ . "Singh"^^ . "S K Singh"^^ . . "V G"^^ . "Reddy"^^ . "V G Reddy"^^ . . "H D"^^ . "Upadhyaya"^^ . "H D Upadhyaya"^^ . . "K L"^^ . "Sahrawat"^^ . "K L Sahrawat"^^ . . "Y"^^ . "Narasimhudu"^^ . "Y Narasimhudu"^^ . . "H K"^^ . "Parzies"^^ . "H K Parzies"^^ . . "N D R K"^^ . "Sarma"^^ . "N D R K Sarma"^^ . . "C R"^^ . "Ravishankar"^^ . "C R Ravishankar"^^ . . "C L L"^^ . "Gowda"^^ . "C L L Gowda"^^ . . "Sube"^^ . "Singh"^^ . "Sube Singh"^^ . . "S K"^^ . "Varshney"^^ . "S K Varshney"^^ . . "S L"^^ . "Dwivedi"^^ . "S L Dwivedi"^^ . . . . . . "Identification of trait-specific germplasm and developing a mini core collection for efficient use of foxtail millet genetic resources in crop improvement (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Identification of trait-specific germplasm and developing a mini core collection for efficient use of foxtail millet genetic resources in crop improvement (Image (JPEG))"^^ . . . . . . "Identification of trait-specific germplasm and developing a mini core collection for efficient use of foxtail millet genetic resources in crop improvement (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #947 \n\nIdentification of trait-specific germplasm and developing a mini core collection for efficient use of foxtail millet genetic resources in crop improvement\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Millets"@en . .