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Achievements thus far

Work Package 1 entries, ICSV 25333, IS 18542, ICSSH 28, SALBS
Sorghum CSH 13 and CSH 22SS have been multiplied
• Screening of high biomass sorghum genotypes in post-rainy season of 2013-14 and supplied
for various agronomic traits led to the to partners and farmers
identification of some promising varieties. Most • Large-scale demonstration trials for
promising genotypes including ICSV 25334, identification of farmers preferred cultivars
ICSV 25332, ICSV 25333, SBr-9 and NP 3 for dry stalk yield resulted in identification of
have been identified producing good grain and ICSV 93046 and IS 18542 as best performing
stover yields of >40 t ha-1. varieties in Gujarat and ICSSH 28 and ICSV
• Sorghum genotypes: CSH 13, Gird 36, Gwalior 93046 were best performing varieties in
III, ICSSH 28, MP II, NSS 1015A × DSSV 165 Madhya Pradesh.
and Sel B-Pop performed better at both 10 Pearl millet
dsm-1 and 15 dsm-1 levels of salinity. • Pearl millet entries, IP 15564, IP 15535 and IP
• Based on the multi-location testing in on-station 10077 were selected for high dry stover yield
trials as well as on-farm testing in farmer’s with low lignin percentage.
fields, the high biomass and high sugar • In high biomass pearl millet hybrid trials 1 and
containing sorghum hybrid RVICSH-28 was 2, dry biomass yields of five best performing
released in 2015 for commercial cultivation in hybrids were in the range of 14 - 17 t ha-1.
Madhya Pradesh.
• Transcriptome studies on drought tolerant • In high biomass pearl millet population trials
1 and 2, dry biomass yields of five best
sorghum varieties, IS 18542 and IS 23143 for germplasm accessions were in the range of
identification of differentially expressed genes 15 - 21 t ha-1.
and assembling of transcriptome is in progress.
• Two high biomass sorghum genotypes, CSH- • High biomass pearl millet germplasm
accessions, IP-10437, IP-14294, IP-20409,
13 and ICSSH-28, have been identified for
higher nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). and IP-14542 recorded dry stover yields of
13 t ha-1, IP 22269 recorded about 14 t ha-1,
• The brown midrib trait associated with low whereas IP-10151 and IP-15556 recorded 15
lignin content is being transferred to high t ha-1.
biomass sorghum lines. Nineteen BC1F1 • Seed of potential pearl millet hybrids yielding
varieties were generated in the 2013-2014 post dry biomass of about 15-22 t ha- in MLT’s
1
rainy season by backcrossing the 19 crosses
developed between high biomass lines and have been identified and being multiplied.
low lignin (bmr12) sources with the recurrent Bamboo
parents. Four BC3F1 were generated.Three • Twenty-bamboo germplasms were successfully
BC3F1 with bmr 12 allele were confirmed established as mother plants for further studies
genotypically and advanced to BC3F2 and at captive land in Modasa, Gujarat.
BC4F1 generations.
• The entry (CSV 15 × IS 21891-1-1-1) × (HC • Bambusa balcooa, Dendrocalamus
strictus, Bambusa vulgaris, Bambusa
260 × B 35-2-1-1-1) recorded highest dry ventricosa, Phyllostachys nigra,
biomass yield with brown midrib background. Melocanna baccifera, Sasa fortuneii,
• Seeds of promising high biomass sorghum Bambusa wamin, Sasa palmata and

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