Spotlight on pearl millet – biofortification and drought tolerance
Resource ID
17987
Access
Open
Contributed by
Admin User
Topics
Crop improvement, Nutrition, Biofortification
Crops
Dryland cereals, Pearl millets
Systems
Farming Systems, Livelihood Systems
Locations
Asia, India
Global Date
21 Feb 20
Title
Spotlight on pearl millet – biofortification and drought tolerance
Keywords
Biofortification, Pearl Millet, Malnutrition, Iron, Zinc, Smart Food, HarvestPlus, ICAR, AICPMIP, Nutri-Cereal campaigns, Drought tolerance
Language
English
New ICRISAT Research Programs
Asia Program, Crop Improvement
Story Partners
CCS Haryana Agricultural University; Junagadh Agricultural University; Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University; MPKV College of Agriculture; Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University;Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University; Karnataka State Seeds Corporation Limited; Maharashtra State Seeds, corporation Limited; Ajeet seeds Ltd.; Bayer BioScience Pvt. Ltd.; Bioseed Research India Pvt. Ltd.; Ganga Kaveri Seeds Pvt. Ltd.; Hi-Yield Agri Genetics Pvt. Ltd.; Hytech Seed India Pvt. Ltd.; JK Agri Genetics Ltd.; Kaveri Seeds Company Pvt. Ltd.; Metahelix Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd.; Nirmal Seeds Pvt. Ltd.; Nu Genes Pvt. Ltd.; Nuziveedu Seeds Pvt. Ltd.; Pioneer Overseas Corporation
Author/Key contact
Dr S K Gupta
Story Source
ICRISAT Happenings 1842-3, 21 February 2020
Type
Science
URL/Link
https://www.icrisat.org/spotlight-on-pearl-millet-biofortification-and-drought-tolerance/
Description
Pearl millet scientists discussed the ‘Future micronutrient breeding strategy in pearl millet’, and agreed that phenotyping for micronutrient trait was the most important component needed to strengthen and mainstream biofortification activity in pearl millet. This was at the HarvestPlus Pearl Millet Biofortification Review (2019) and Planning (2020) Meeting.Genetic variability is very critical asset to breeders to start with any trait specific breeding. With the high throughput screening facilities, several thousands of pearl millet samples were analyzed for grain Fe and Zn density. This is largely contributed to scale the available genetic variability for these two micronutrients in working germplasm and breeding materials at ICRISAT.
Date (Date published/released/created if known)
21 Feb 20
CGIAR Research Program
Agriculture for Nutrition and Health, GLDC
SDG
02-Zero_Hunger, 13-Climate_Action, 17-Partnerships_For_The_Goals
