Biodiversity and varietal development of pulses in South Asia

cg.contactsk.agrawal@cgiar.orgen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.centerIndian Council of Agricultural Research, Indian Institute of Pulses Research - ICAR-IIPRen_US
cg.contributor.crpCGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes - GLen_US
cg.contributor.funderIndian Council of Agricultural Research - ICARen_US
cg.contributor.projectIndia Collaborative Program: Restricted funding for breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses in pulses & for 2017/2018 - 2017/2020 - 2020/2021en_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.coverage.countryBDen_US
cg.coverage.countryBTen_US
cg.coverage.countryINen_US
cg.coverage.countryNPen_US
cg.coverage.countryPKen_US
cg.coverage.countryLKen_US
cg.coverage.countryAFen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.idAgrawal, Shiv Kumar: 0000-0001-8407-3562en_US
cg.creator.idSarker, Ashutosh: 0000-0002-9074-4876en_US
cg.isbn978-984-34-1521-9en_US
cg.subject.agrovocbiodiversityen_US
cg.subject.agrovocbreedingen_US
cg.subject.agrovoccrop improvementen_US
cg.subject.agrovoccrop productionen_US
cg.subject.agrovocfood securityen_US
cg.subject.agrovocgermplasmen_US
cg.subject.agrovocLentilen_US
cg.subject.agrovocChickpeaen_US
dc.contributorKumar, Jitendraen_US
dc.contributorSarker, Ashutoshen_US
dc.creatorAgrawal, Shiv Kumaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-23T12:55:47Z
dc.date.available2017-02-23T12:55:47Z
dc.description.abstractSouth Asia (Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) is the largest producer, consumer and importer of pulses with 28% and 38% share in global production and acreage. The present productivity of pulses in South Asia is substantially low (664 kg/ha) as compared to global average of 906 kg/ha. To bridge demand-supply gap, South Asia imports about 5 million tons of pulses (Figure 1). In order to augment pulses production in the region, collaborative efforts are thus required for develop- ment of improved varieties of appropriate crop duration having resistance to key diseases prevalent in the region. Food legumes improvement program at ICARDA is built upon the foundation of its vast germplasm collections and its use to breed new varieties better adapted to different agro-ecological conditions. ICARDA genebank holds 38,000 accessions of chickpea, faba bean, lentil, pea and grass pea. To increase the use of germplasm in breeding programs, the Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy (FIGS) is recently being pursued at ICARDA with robust geographical datasets. The strategy has proven successful for various adaptive traits such as tolerance to heat, drought, cold, and salt, besides resistance to insect pests and diseases. Such FIGS sets in chickpea, lentil and faba bean are now available to NARS partners to discover and deploy the useful genes into desired agronomic background.en_US
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dc.identifierhttp://www.sac.org.bd/archives/publications/Pulses%20for%20Nutrition%20Security.pdfen_US
dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/4h8yK2fa/v/1d7f991179b34301ea61e0c2880eb915en_US
dc.identifier.citationShiv Kumar Agrawal, Jitendra Kumar, Ashutosh Sarker. (1/12/2016). Biodiversity and varietal development of pulses in South Asia, in "Pulses for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security in SAARC region". Dhaka, Bangladesh: SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC).en_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5897
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC)en_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0en_US
dc.titleBiodiversity and varietal development of pulses in South Asiaen_US
dc.typeBook Chapteren_US
dcterms.available2016-12-01en_US
dcterms.issued2016-12-01en_US
mel.project.openhttp://geoagro.icarda.org/india/en_US

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