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1-Breeding Rabi Report-agm17 of 27

Breeding - Grain sorghum: Rabi 2016-17 R Madhusudhana, C Aruna Reddy, Co-ordinating with scientists at several SAUs

C o n t e n t s Executive summary ................................................................................................................... 1Detailed report .......................................................................................................................... 5

Multi-location AICSIP trials .......................................................................................................................... 51. Initial and Advanced Hybrid Trial-IAHT (Deep soil) ..................................................................................... 52. Initial and Advanced Varietal Trial-IAVT (Deep soil) .................................................................................... 63. Initial and Advanced Varietal and Hybrids trial-IAVHT (Shallow soils) .............................................................. 64. Parental line trial ................................................................................................................................ 75. Inter-institutional trials ......................................................................................................................... 8

Rabi sorghum breeding at IIMR ................................................................................................................ 101. Genetic enhancement for drought tolerance in rabi sorghum genotypes (MY Samdur, HS Talwar and

Prabhakar) ..................................................................................................................................... 102. Development of multi-genotype varieties (MAGIC lines) for genetic diversification and enhancing yield

stability in Rabi sorghum (Parashuram Patroti, K. K. Sharma and MY Samdur) .............................................. 113. Breeding for high yielding rabi sorghum hybrids (S Rakshit, P Patroti, MY Samdur, HS Talwar, KK

Sharma, A kalaisekhar & KS Babu) ...................................................................................................... 124. Stay green QTL introgression in rabi sorghum genotypes (R Madhusudhana and H S Talwar under

ACIAR-2) ....................................................................................................................................... 12Rabi sorghum breeding at AICSIP centers .............................................................................................. 13

1. Rahuri ........................................................................................................................................... 132. Tandur ........................................................................................................................................... 163. Vijayapura (Bijapur) .......................................................................................................................... 164. Parbhani ........................................................................................................................................ 205. Gulbarga ........................................................................................................................................ 216. Dharwad ........................................................................................................................................ 227. Phaltan .......................................................................................................................................... 238. Surat ............................................................................................................................................. 24

Other activities ........................................................................................................................................... 24Publications ................................................................................................................................................ 25

a) Journal articles ................................................................................................................................ 25b) Books and chapters .......................................................................................................................... 26c) Technical bulletin ............................................................................................................................. 26d) Popular articles ................................................................................................................................ 26e) Poster ........................................................................................................................................... 27f) Folders .......................................................................................................................................... 27

Executive summary

During 2016-17, both basic and applied researches towards improvement of grain sorghum were taken up. Applied researches dealt with multi-location yield trials of finished or near finished products (varieties and hybrids) from the centers of All India Coordinated Sorghum Improvement Project (AICSIP) and private companies. Basic and strategic researches focused on various aspects including new MS and R line development, breeding for earliness, drought tolerance, cold tolerance, resistance against key insects and diseases etc.

Multi-location AICSIP trials: During the year 2016-17, the following 4 multi-location yields trials were conducted across locations.

1. Initial and Advanced Hybrid Trial (Deep soil) 2. Initial and Advanced Varietal Trial (Deep soil) 3. Initial and Advanced Varietal and Hybrid Trial (Shallow soil) 4. Parental line trial



1. Initial and Advanced Hybrid Trial (Deep soil): In this combined trial of initial and advanced hybrids under deep soil, 13 hybrids along with 2 hybrid checks (CSH15R and CSH13) and a local check were evaluated for grain yield, fodder yield and other agronomic traits.

• The grain yield in test hybrids ranged from 2356 kg/ha (SPH 1872) to 3101 kg/ha (SPH 1870). None of the test hybrids were significantly superior to the check, CSH15R, which yielded 3100 kg/ha.

• Only one test hybrid SPH 1871 (8206 kg/ha) was significantly superior by 24.69% than the check hybrid CSH-15R (6581 kg/ha) for fodder yield. SPH 1864 and SPH 1801 gave 20.89% and 18.92% higher fodder over CSH15R.

• The performance of the hybrid under deep soils over 3 years of testing in Rabi 2014-15,2015-16 and 2016-17 indicated that the hybrids SPH-1801 (2696 kg/ha) gave 7.07% more grain yield over the check CSH-15R (2518 kg/ha). For fodder yield, the hybrids SPH1801 (6829 kg/ha) gave 7.53% more fodder yield than the check CSH-15R (6351 kg/ha).

2. Initial and Advanced Varietal Trial (Deep soil): In this trial of varieties under deep soil, 19 test varieties, 3 checks (CSV 22, CSV29R and M35-1) and a local check were evaluated for grain and fodder yield and other agronomic traits

• The range for grain yield test varieties was from 2419 kg/ha (SPV 2412) to 3494 kg/ha (SPV 2405). None of the varieties were superior to check variety CSV 22, which yielded 3427 kg/ha.

• Fodder yield in test varieties ranged from 8369 kg/ha (SPV 2406) to 9798 kg/ha (SPV 2481), and none of the test varieties were superior to CSV 22 (8838 kg/ha). SPV 2481 and SPV 2412 gave 10.86% and 9.97% higher fodder yields respectively.

• Ten varieties had significantly better grain size (3.30 – 3.54 g/100 grains) than CSV22 (3.04 g/100 grains). 3. Initial and Advanced Varietal and Hybrid Trial (Shallow soil) : In this trial of varieties and hybrids under shallow soil, 13 varieties and 8 hybrids along with 2 hybrids (CSH15R and CSH13) and 4 variety (M35-1, Phule Maulee, CSV26 and Phule Anuradha) checks were evaluated for grain and fodder yield and other agronomic traits.

• None of the hybrids and varieties were superior to respective checks, hybrid CSH-15R and variety CSV26. Among hybrids, SPH 1835 (3344 kg/ha) and SPH 1836 (3154 kg/ha) were better yielders. Similarly, SPV 2348 (3035 kg/ha) and SPV 2483 (2874 kg/ha) gave highest grain yield. Among hybrids and varieties, SPH 1835 gave 9.73% and SPV2348 gave 9.58% higher grain yields respectively.

• None of the test entries were superior for fodder yields over their respective checks. • Most of the hybrids and varieties were bold seeded with grain weight of 3g. Three hybrids had significantly better

grain size than CSH15R while five test varieties were significantly better in their grain size than CSV26. • The performance of the hybrid under shallow soils over 3 years of testing in Rabi 2014-15,2015-16 and 2016-17

indicated that the hybrid SPH1805 (2001 kg/ha) gave -6.67% less grain yield over the check CSH-15R (2144 kg/ha). For fodder yield, SPH1805 (5744 kg/ha) gave 17.74% more fodder yield than the check CSH-15R (4888 kg/ha).

4. Parental Line Trial: A combined (kharif & rabi) parental line trial consisting of 62 parents (32 A lines and 30 R lines) was conducted at three locations viz., Hagari, Nandyal and Parbhani. There was good synchronization between CMS and restorer lines of the hybrids of AHT and IHT. Inter-Institutional trials: Three trails namely, IIHT-1, IIHT-2 and IIVT were constituted with the contribution of entries from AIPSIP locations, IIMR and ICRISAT, and were evaluated at Parbhani, Rahuri, Solapur, Dharwad, Bijapur and Tandur locations.

• In IIHT-1, two test hybrids SLA 22 x SLR 31 and SLA 22 x SLR 67 could significantly out yield CSH15R for grain yield by 23-25% superiority. They were on-par with CSH15R for flowering and maturity, height and grain size.

• In IIHT-2, the best test hybrid, SLA 22 x SLR 92 yielded 3767 kg/ha grain yield as against 3532 kg/ha grain yield of CSH15R, and was superior by 6.65%.

• In IIVT, the best test variety, SLV 182 yielded 3605 kg/ha grain yield as against 3149 kg/ha grain yield of CSV29R, and was superior by 14.48%.

• SLV 104-2 (7665 kg/ha) was significantly better than CSV29R (6206 kg/ha) by over 23%. Rabi sorghum breeding at IIMR

• Traits early flowering, long peduncle length and less reduction in leaf area at the time of flowering are desirable to enhance drought tolerance in rabi sorghum.

• Based on Drought Susceptible Index (DSI) for rabi sorghum grain and fodder yields under one irrigation and two irrigations, genotypes Phule Anuradha x Sangola Hondi, Sangola hondi x BRJ 62, SLR 24 x BRJ 62, IC 392155, CRS 7, CRS 20, CRS 48, Selection 3 and EP 87 were drought tolerant. The genotypes Sangola Hondi x BRJ 62,



SLR 24 x BRJ 62, and CRS 7 showed lower DSI and higher weighted mean value indicating these are drought tolerant as well as high yielder also.

• Towards development of two sets of MAGIC populations, in rabi 2016-17, pair-wise Inter-mating between Double crosses was done to produce individual plant lines. Two Double crosses, DC1

• Towards development of drought tolerant lines, 31 families in F

– {(M35-1 × CSV-29R) × (Parbhani Moti × CRS-20)}; DC2 – {(DSV 5 × Sel. 3) × (CSV-216R × CRS-4)}, four single crosses, M35-1 × CSV-29R, Parbhani Moti × CRS-20, DSV 5 × Sel. 3 and CSV-216R × CRS-4 along with 8 MAGIC founder lines were evaluated. Results revealed significant difference for almost all traits. Double cross hybrids were much better in their performance over Single crosses and their parents for all traits except panicle exertion and panicle length. Besides these 28 Single crosses (Half diallel set) were synthesized.

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• To create variability, induced mutagenesis was followed using both chemical and physical mutagenesis in three genotypes (104B, RS 585 and 296B).

stage are generation advanced, and will be evaluated for their drought tolerance.

• Mapping populations for aphid resistance: Two mapping populations, viz., SLR 31 × Swarna with 217 F4 families and TAM 428 × Swarna with 520 F4

• Some of the QTL introgression lines in the background of CRS4 and RSLG262, maintained higher green leaf area at maturity, improved grain and stover yield under both water stress and well-watered conditions. Under water stress, 56-150% higher green leaf area at grain maturity was observed in introgressed lines of CRS4 and RSLG262. For green leaf area, few of the RSLG262 derived lines were better than stay-green donor B35. They also showed significantly better drought tolerance in terms of their lower DSI compared to respective recurrent parents. Some stay-green introgression lines recorded 16-20% grain yield, and 26-71% stover yield superiority over CRS4 and RSLG262 recurrent parents.

families were advanced to next generation.

Rabi sorghum breeding at AICSIP centers 1. Rahuri • The rabi sorghum varieties Phule Madhur (RSSGV 46) for hurda purpose, and Phule Rohini (RPASV-3) for papad

purpose have been notified. • In the state level trials under rainfed, SPV 2418, RSV 1736 and PVR 934 were found superior over the checks PKV

Kranti and Parbhani Moti. • under shallow soils, RSV 1620 and RSV 1996 were superior to checks P Anuradha and M35-1. RSV 1620 was also

better over checks in Medium soil trials. • Station breeding programme consisted of segregating material of 212 crosses in F1-F6 generations, and a total of 830

single plant selections were made in different generations (F2-F4) based on plant type and ear head characteristics. • Nucleus, breeder and truthful seed production of 19 varieties of rabi sorghum were completed.

2. Tandur • Sorghum breeding was carried out with the objective of developing dual purpose rabi sorghum varieties with good

grain quality, high yield and tolerance to terminal drought. • In the station trial (AYT I and PYT) out of 26 entries tested SVT 55, SVT58, SVT 59, SVT 60, SVT 81 and SVT 82

were promising and out yielded the checks with respect to grain and fodder yields. • Seed multiplication was carried out and the entries SVT 55 and SVT 57 will be nominated for AICRP testing for Rabi

2017-18. • Promising Rabi adapted, drought adapted advanced breeding entries suitable to the region were identified in the

physiology trials. • The station breeding programme consisted of segregating material of 57 crosses and a total of 335 single plant

selections made in different generations (F2-F6) based on plant type, ear head characteristics, grain quality and duration.

3. Vijayapura (Bijapur)

• Developed high grain and fodder yielding rabi sorghum variety BJV 44 with high grain and fodder yields, charcoal rot and shoot fly resistance.

• Developed and released three speciality type varieties, AKJ-1 (for flaking), SMJ-1 (for hurda/seethani: roasted tender grains) and KMJ-1 (for popping).

• Ten new B lines on milo with near Maldandi grain features, five new A/B lines on maldandi source of cytoplasm and two stable restorers on maldandi were developed.

• Six promising derivatives of R354 for shoot fly resistance were developed through MAS. • 32 families for R lines and 24 families for B lines in various backcross generations developed. • 190 M2 plants in varietal viz., DSV-5, DSV-5, M 35-1, CSV216R background developed.



• 1080 germplasm lines were maintained along with 6 A/B pairs and 16 varieties. • Nucleus seed production of M35-1, CSV216R and BJV44 were undertaken. • Trait based early generation breeding materials developed.

4. Parbhani

• 131 R line and 39 B line families of various segregating generations were evaluated. • For drought, 16 crosses, and for shoot fly, 17 crosses were made and evaluated. • Eight cross progenies in BCIII were evaluated under CMS development programme. • Four station trials on new hybrids and varieties with 75 entries were tested along with hybrid and varietal checks. • 13 A/B pairs, 20 Restorer lines and 19 varietal selections were maintained.

5. Gulbarga

• The new variety GS-23 is under 2nd year of farm trial. It has high grain & fodder yield, better grain & roti quality, high protein content than M-35-1, tolerant to charcoal rot disease and resistant to rust..

• Several progenies for B lines were developed in various segregating generations for various traits like grain and fodder (172), stay-green (5), high wax content (5), early grain type (46), bold seeded type (68), charcoal rot resistance (118), shoot fly resistance (14), dwarf plants (4), non-Lodging (379), shoot fly resistance (glossiness and trichome QTL), post flowering drought tolerance, high TE- low response to VPD and High water extraction capacity.

• Mutation breeding carried out to develop non-lodging sorghum lines. A total of 379 single plant selections in 16 M4-M6 generations developed.

• Station trial was carried out at ARS, Gulbarga and found GS-8, 10, 11 found promising compare to CSV-22 and BJV-44.

• MLVT rabi trial was conducted and found three entries MLVT-3, 9 and 10 were fond superior to existing check CSV-22 and BJV-44.

6. Dharwad

• The six entries viz., SPV-2405, SPV-2406, SVD-1325, SVD-1297, SHD-16R and SHD-62R from Dharwad center were contributed to the national trials.

• Multilocation varietal trial: Among 16 entries evaluated, RARSV-012, RARSV-003 and RARSV-009 (coded) were superior based on the grain yield.

• Station varietal trial-I: Among 11 entries evaluated, SVD-1328 and SVD-1326 recorded 70.86 q/ha and 67.90 q/ha grain yield compared to M 35-1 (65.43 q/ha). However, both varieties recorded relatively higher fodder yield compared to check (M 35-1).

• Station varietal trial-II: Among 12 varieties evaluated, three varieties viz., SPV-2405 (69.38 q/ha), SPV-2333 (69.87 q/ha) and SPV-2217 (69.38 q/ha) recorded significantly superior grain and fodder yield over M 35-1 (53.33 q/ha and 9.85 ton/ha).

• Station hybrid trial-I: Out of 11 hybrids, one hybrid SHD-92R recorded significantly superior grain yield of 68.89 q/ha compared to popular check M 35-1 (47.16 q/ha).

• Station hybrid trial-II: Among tested hybrids, varietal check SPV-2217 recorded higher grain and fodder yield compared to test hybrids.

• Nucleus seed production of SPV-2217, M148-138, DSV-4, SSV-74 and DSV-6 were undertaken.

7. Phaltan • 18 R lines and 24 B lines were developed • 17 families selected from two crosses evaluated. • 581 germplasm lines maintained. • 174A/B pairs maintained.

8. Surat

• Several segregating generations were evaluated and individual plant selections were made. • 18F2, 254 F3 and 56 F4

• For rabi varieties with improved grain quality, 63 F

cross progenies were evaluated and 123, 132 and 43 selections were made respectively towards development of high grain yielding rabi varieties.

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Publications: Thirty-three research publications, 2 books, 3 book chapters, 7 technical bulletins, 27 popular articles, 3 posters and 12 folders on rabi grain sorghum have been published during the period.

individual plant selections were made.



Detailed report

Multi-location AICSIP trials During the year 2016-17, following 4 multi-location yield trials were conducted across locations.

1. Initial and Advanced Hybrid Trial (Deep soil) 2. Initial and Advanced Varietal Trial (Deep soil) 3. Initial and Advanced Varietal and Hybrid Trial (Shallow soil). 4. Parental line trial

1. Initial and Advanced Hybrid Trial-IAHT (Deep soil) In this combined trial of initial and advanced hybrids under deep soil, 13 hybrids along with 2 hybrid checks (CSH15R and CSH13) and a local check were evaluated for grain yield, fodder yield and other agronomic traits (Table 1).

• Days to flowering–The new hybrids ranged for flowering time from 71 - 74 days and for maturity they took 116 days to 119 days. All hybrids were on par with the CSH15R for flowering and maturity.

• Plant height – The range of plant height of hybrid was from 161 to 209 cm. • Grain Yield – The grain yield in test hybrids ranged from 2356 kg/ha (SPH 1872) to 3101 kg/ha (SPH 1870).

None of the test hybrids were significantly superior to the check, CSH15R, which yielded 3100 kg/ha. • Fodder yield – Only one test hybrid SPH 1871 (8206 kg/ha) was significantly superior by 24.69% than the check

hybrid CSH-15R (6581 kg/ha). • Grain size– None of test hybrids were significantly better for 100 seed weight than CSH15R (3.24 g/100 seeds).

SPH 1872 (2.57 g) had least test weight while SPH 1868 (3.47 g) had highest seed weight. Remarks – None of the hybrids were significantly superior to the check CSH15R for grain yield. However, for fodder yield only SPH 1871 (24.69%) was statistically significant over CSH15R. SPH 1864 and SPH 1801 gave 20.89% and 18.92% higher fodder over CSH15R.

Table 1: Performance of hybrids in All India IAHT - Deep Soil: Rabi 2016-17

S. No

Entry Centre Level of testing

GY R % over check*

FY R % over check*

DTF DTM PH GW

1 SPH 1801 Akola AHT II 2864 10 -7.60 7826 3 18.92 72 118 209 3.17 % 2 SPH 1834 Akola AHT I 3012 5 -2.83 6261 12 -4.86 72 117 201 2.79 3 SPH 1837 Akola IHT 2908 9 -6.18 6013 14 -8.63 74 119 166 2.65 4 SPH 1863 Rahuri IHT 3055 3 -1.44 7481 5 13.68 72 117 207 3.38 % 5 SPH 1864 Rahuri IHT 2967 8 -4.28 7956 2 20.89 73 118 201 3.33 6 SPH 1865 Solapur IHT 2843 12 -8.30 6250 13 -5.03 71 117 196 3.24 7 SPH 1866 Solapur IHT 2981 7 -3.82 6799 10 3.31 71 116 205 3.23 % 8 SPH 1867 Akola IHT 2828 13 -8.77 7399 6 12.43 71 117 199 3.19 9 SPH 1868 Dharwad IHT 3031 4 -2.22 7148 7 8.61 73 119 191 3.47 10 SPH 1869 Devgen IHT 3012 6 -2.85 7771 4 18.08 74 118 208 3.23 % 11 SPH 1870 Parbhani IHT 3101 1 0.03 6909 9 4.99 72 118 187 3.06 12 SPH 1871 Parbhani IHT 2853 11 -7.98 8206 1 % 24.69 72 118 186 3.36 13 SPH 1872 Hytech IHT 2356 16 -24.00 5333 16 -18.96 72 118 161 2.57 14 CSH 13 Check 2767 14 5520 15 74 119 172 2.77 15 CSH 15R Check 3100 2 6581 11 71 117 193 3.24 16 Local Check Check 2737 15 7071 8 72 118 188 3.19 General Mean 2901 6908 72 118 192 3.12 CV (%) 14.23 20.53 3.86 2.53 8.96 11.88 SE of Diff. 195.88 724.61 0.89 1.08 4.86 0.13 P-Value 0.05 0 0.01 0.27 0.00 0.00 CD (5%) 388 1431 2 2 10 0.25 CD (1%) 513 1888 2 3 13 0.33 Note: R - Ranking; GY - Grain yield (kg/ha); FY - Fodder yield (kg/ha); DTF - Days to flowering; DTM - Days to maturity; PH - Plant height (cm); GW - 100 Grain weight (g); Local check varied from location to location. *Percent over CSH 15R. % and Bold Statistically significant at 5% over CSH15R.

The performance of the hybrid under deep soils over 3 years of testing in Rabi 2014-15,2015-16 and 2016-17 (Table 1A) indicated that the hybrids SPH-1801 (2696 kg/ha) gave 7.07% more grain yield over the check CSH-15R (2518 kg/ha). For fodder yield, the hybrids SPH1801 (6829 kg/ha) gave 7.53% more fodder yield than the check CSH-15R (6351 kg/ha).

Table 1A: Performance of hybrid over 3 years in IHT (2014-15) and AVHT-Deep soil (2015-16 and 2016-17)

S No Entry Centre Grain yield (kg/ha) % over CSH-15R Fodder yield (kg/ha) % over

CSH-15R 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Mean 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Mean

1 SPH 1801 Akola 2833 2391 2864 2696 7.07 7223 5438 7826 6829 7.53 2 CSH-15 R(Check) CRS, Solapur 2297 2158 3100 2518 7309 5164 6581 6351



2. Initial and Advanced Varietal Trial-IAVT (Deep soil) In this trial of varieties under deep soil, 19 test varieties, 3 checks (CSV 22, CSV29R and M35-1) and a local check were evaluated for grain and fodder yield and other agronomic traits (Table 2).

• Days to flowering – The varieties ranged from 72 to 77 days and they were on par with the checks. • Plant height – The range of plant height of varieties was from 189 to 223 cm. • Grain Yield – None of the varieties were superior to check variety CSV 22, which yielded 3427 kg/ha. The range

for grain yield test varieties was from 2419 kg/ha (SPV 2412) to 3494 kg/ha (SPV 2405). • Fodder yield: Fodder yield in test varieties ranged from 8369 kg/ha (SPV 2406) to 9798 kg/ha (SPV 2481), and

none of the test varieties were superior to CSV 22 (8838 kg/ha). • Grain size – All test varieties were bold seeded with grain weight of > 3g.

Remarks – None of the test varieties were statistically superior to CSV22 for grain yield and fodder yield. SPV 2481 and SPV 2412 gave 10.86% and 9.97% higher fodder yields respectively. Ten varieties had significantly better grain size (3.30 – 3.54 g/100 grains) than CSV22 (3.04 g/100 grains) and 4 varieties were significantly taller than CSV22.

Table 1: Performance of varieties in All India IAVT – Deep Soil: Rabi 2016-17 S. No Entry Centre Level of

Testing GY R % over

check* FY R % over

check* DTF DTM PH GW

1 SPV 2405 Dharwad AVT I 3494 1 1.95 9207 6 4.17 74 121 215 3.27 2 SPV 2406 Dharwad AVT I 3174 6 -7.38 8369 22 -5.31 75 119 213 3.03 3 SPV 2407 Parbhani AVT I 3383 3 -1.29 8776 15 -0.70 74 119 214 3.27 4 SPV 2408 Parbhani AVT I 3201 5 -6.58 9707 3 9.83 75 121 223 3.44% % 5 SPV 2412 Akola AVT I 2419 23 -29.43 9720 2 9.97 77 124 197 3.61% 6 SPV 2468 Dharwad IVT 3363 4 -1.87 9407 4 6.44 76 122 223 3.37% % 7 SPV 2469 Dharwad IVT 2749 18 -19.78 9311 5 5.35 74 121 205 3.39% 8 SPV 2470 Bijapur IVT 2975 14 -13.20 8614 19 -2.53 75 121 196 3.52% 9 SPV 2471 Bijapur IVT 2980 13 -13.04 8544 21 -3.32 74 121 198 3.30%

10 SPV 2472 Parbhani IVT 3104 9 -9.42 8763 16 -0.85 74 120 217 3.27 % 11 SPV 2473 Rahuri IVT 3043 12 -11.21 9059 8 2.51 75 122 203 3.32% 12 SPV 2474 Rahuri IVT 2798 16 -18.37 8813 13 -0.28 76 122 205 3.21 13 SPV 2475 Solapur IVT 2753 17 -19.67 8750 17 -0.99 72 118 203 3.36% 14 SPV 2476 Solapur IVT 3097 10 -9.62 8961 10 1.39 74 121 191 3.08 15 SPV 2477 Gulberga IVT 2639 20 -23.01 9002 9 1.86 73 120 198 3.25 16 SPV 2478 Gulberga IVT 2522 21 -26.42 8807 14 -0.35 76 123 202 3.27 17 SPV 2479 Tandur IVT 3050 11 -10.99 8710 18 -1.44 75 121 216 3.36% % 18 SPV 2480 Akola IVT 2505 22 -26.91 9083 7 2.77 77 124 189 3.05 19 SPV 2481 Akola IVT 2688 19 -21.58 9798 1 10.86 76 123 209 3.54% 20 CSV 22 Check 3427 2 8838 12 74 120 207 3.04 21 CSV 29R Check 3120 8 8595 20 74 121 218 3.21 22 M35-1 Check 2900 15 8918 11 72 118 200 3.33 23 Local Check Check 3168 7 8250 23 73 118 196 3.29 General Mean 2831 8884 75 120 204 3.34 CV (%) 14.4 18.8 2.5 2.9 7.3 14.0 SE of Diff. 281.8 546.5 0.9 1.4 4.2 0.1 P-Value 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 CD (5%) 557 1076 2 3 8 0.23 CD (1%) 735 1419 2 4 11 0.30

Note: R - Ranking; GY - Grain yield (kg/ha); FY - Fodder yield (kg/ha); DTF - Days to flowering; DTM – Days to maturity; PH - Plant height (cm); GW - 100 Grain weight (g); Local check varied from location to location. *Percent over CSV22 for varieties. % and Bold Statistically significant at 5% over CSV22. 3. Initial and Advanced Varietal and Hybrids trial-IAVHT (Shallow soils) In this trial of varieties and hybrids under shallow soil, 13 varieties and 8 hybrids along with 2 hybrids (CSH15R and CSH13) and 4 variety (M35-1, Phule Maulee, CSV26 and Phule Anuradha) checks were evaluated for grain and fodder yield and other agronomic traits (Table 1).

• Days to flowering – The hybrids and varieties ranged in their flowering time from 76 to 84 days and they were on par with the checks.

• Plant height – The range of plant height of varieties and hybrids was from 113 to 167 cm. • Grain Yield – None of the hybrids and varieties were superior to respective checks, hybrid CSH-15R and variety

CSV26. Among hybrids, SPH 1835 (3344 kg/ha) and SPH 1836 (3154 kg/ha) were better yielders. Similarly, SPV 2348 (3035 kg/ha) and SPV 2483 (2874 kg/ha) gave highest grain yield.

• Fodder yield: None of the test entries were superior over their respective checks. • Grain size – Most of the hybrids and varieties were bold seeded with grain weight of 3g.



Remarks – None of the test hybrids or varieties were found significantly better than the respective checks, CSH15R (hybrids) and CSV26 (varieties) for grain yield and fodder yield. Among hybrids and varieties, SPH 1835 gave 9.73% and SPV2348 gave 9.58% higher grain yields respectively. Three hybrids had significantly better grain size than CSH15R while five test varieties were significantly better in their grain size than CSV26.

Table 1: Performance of hybrids & varieties in All India IAVHT – Shallow Soil: Rabi 2016-17 S.No Entry Centre Level of

Testing GY Rank % over

check* FY R % over

check* DTF PH GW

Hybrids 1 SPH 1802 Akola IHT 2610 15 -14.38 6141 3 6.46 80 153 3.42% 2 SPH 1805 Akola AHT II 2671 11 -12.38 5145 12 -10.79 79 158 3.28 % 3 SPH 1833 Akola IHT 3131 3 2.72 5197 11 -9.90 77 143 2.8 4 SPH 1835 Rahuri AHT I 3344 1 9.73 5605 8 -2.82 78 153 3.01 5 SPH 1836 Rahuri AHT I 3154 2 3.48 6333 2 9.79 80 153 3.42% 6 SPH 1873 Rahuri IHT 3097 4 1.62 4095 22 -29.00 78 134 2.89 7 SPH 1874 Rahuri IHT 2590 17 -15.03 4378 19 -24.10 79 132 3.07 8 SPH 1875 Parbhani IHT 2654 13 -12.94 6384 1 10.68 79 163 3.60% %

Varieties 9 SPV 2348 IIMR AVT I 3035 6 9.58 4248 20 -26.68 80 113 2.06

10 SPV 2414 Parbhani AVT I 2786 9 0.59 4619 17 -20.26 82 155 2.73 11 SPV 2416 Solapur AVT I 2407 21 -13.11 4014 23 -30.71 76 127 3.74% 12 SPV 2418 Rahuri AVT I 2622 14 -5.33 4855 15 -16.19 78 149 3.48% 13 SPV 2482 Akola IVT 2158 24 -22.11 5021 14 -13.32 84 167 3.38% 14 SPV 2483 Rahuri IVT 2874 7 3.74 4781 16 -17.47 80 145 3.09 15 SPV 2484 Rahuri IVT 2562 19 -7.51 5674 7 -2.05 79 158 3.41% 16 SPV 2485 Solapur IVT 1764 27 -36.31 4004 24 -30.88 79 146 2.96 17 SPV 2486 Solapur IVT 2787 8 0.62 5339 10 -7.84 78 144 3.1 18 SPV 2487 Gulbarga IVT 1950 26 -29.62 4531 18 -21.79 76 146 3.3 19 SPV 2488 Gulbarga IVT 2585 18 -6.68 4126 21 -28.78 83 141 3.33 20 SPV 2489 Akola IVT 2605 16 -5.96 5087 13 -12.19 80 153 3.31 21 SPV 2490 Parbhani IVT 2666 12 -3.76 3722 25 -35.74 84 134 3.39% 22 CSH 15R Check 3048 5 5768 5 78 139 3.14 23 CSH 13 Check 2502 20 3388 27 77 134 2.47 24 M35-1 Check 2212 23 3675 26 78 144 3.25 25 Phule Maulee Check 1951 25 5443 9 77 147 3.30 26 CSV 26 Check 2770 10 5793 4 79 150 3.08 27 Phule Anuradha Check 2279 22 5736 6 74 136 3.66

CD (1%) 1242 2520 4 22 0.33 CD (5%) 932 1900 3 16 0.25 CV (%) 20.1

4 23.83 3.68 11.9

7 9.22

General Mean 3232 6224 80 156 3.23 P-Value 0.14 0.06 0 0 0 SE of Difference 465 954 2 8 0.13 Note: R - Ranking; GY - Grain yield (kg/ha); FY - Fodder yield (kg/ha); DTF - Days to flowering; PH - Plant height (cm); GW - 100 Grain weight (g); Local check varied from location to location. *Percent over CSV26 for varieties and CSH 15R for hybrids. % and Bold Statistically significant at 5% over respective checks. The performance of the hybrid under shallow soils over 3 years of testing in Rabi 2014-15,2015-16 and 2016-17 (Table 1A) indicated that the hybrid SPH1805 (2001 kg/ha) gave -6.67% less grain yield over the check CSH-15R (2144 kg/ha). For fodder yield, SPH1805 (5744 kg/ha) gave 17.74% more fodder yield than the check CSH-15R (4888 kg/ha).

Table 1A: Performance of hybrid over 3 years in IHT (2014-15) and AVHT-Shallow soil (2015-16 and 2016-17)

S No Entry Centre Grain yield (kg/ha) % over

CSH-15R Fodder yield (kg/ha) % over CSH-15R

2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Mean 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Mean 1 SPH 1805 Akola 2334 998 2671 2001 -6.67 5479 6642 5145 5755 17.74 2 CSH-15 R(Check) CRS, Solapur 2098 1287 3048 2144 4441 4456 5768 4888

4. Parental line trial A combined (kharif & rabi) parental line trial consisting of 62 parents (32 A lines and 30 R lines) was conducted at three locations of Nandyal, Hagari and Parbhani (Parental line trial-Summary Tables-Rabi). The kharif and rabi hybrids of AHT and IHT tested showed good synchrony between their respective A and R lines. The difference between the A lines and R lines ranged from 0 to 7 days. So, they can be sown simultaneously. In general, the kharif R lines were early to the A lines by 2 days while in rabi, R lines were late than A lines by 2 days.



5. Inter-institutional trials a) IIHT 1 During rabi 2016-17, 15 experimental hybrids (6 from CRS, Solapur, 6 from ICRISAT, 1 from Dharwad and 2 from Parbhani) along with two hybrid checks (CSH13 and CSH15R) and three varietal checks (M35-1, CSV22R an CSV29R) were tested at Parbhani, Rahuri, Solapur, Dharwad, Bijapur and Tandur. The results are summarized below.

• Days to flowering and maturity – Flowering time ranged from 74-83 days among the test hybrids. The test hybrids matured in 119 to 128 days. The check CSH15R flowered in 74 days while it matured in 120 days. REHT 2014/22, REHT2015/16 and PRSH 565 were significantly late in flowering and their maturity compared to CSH15R. No test hybrid was early to CSH15R.

• Plant height – Plant height ranged from 144 to 216 cm in test hybrids against the height of 190 cm in Check CSH15R.

• Grain yield – Two test hybrids, SLA 22 x SLR 31 (4456 kg/ha) and SLA 22 x SLR 67 (4540 kg/ha) significantly out-yielded check CSH15R (3615 kg/ha) by 23-25%.

• Fodder yield – None of the check hybrids were significantly better than the hybrid check CSH15R. The range in fodder yield was from 4845 kg/ha (REHT 2014/22) to 7847 kg/ha (REHT2015/16) against the check hybrid value of 6268 kg/ha.

• Grain size – None of the test hybrids were significantly better for grain size over CSH15R. Maximum grain size was recorded in SLA 45 x SLR 92 (3.57 g/100 seeds) and lowest in REHT 2014/22 (2.79 g/100 seeds). The check, CSH 15R recorded 3.41 g/100 seeds

Remarks – Two test hybrids SLA 22 x SLR 31 and SLA 22 x SLR 67 could significantly out yield CSH15R for grain yield by 23-25% superiority. They were on-par with CSH15R for flowering and maturity, height and grain size.

Table 1. Summary of experimental hybrids in Inter-Institutional Hybrid Trial 1: Rabi 2016-17

S. No

Pedigree Center GY R %over Check

FY R %over Check

DTF R DTM R PH R GW R

1 SLA 22 x SLR 31 CRS 4456 2 % 23.26 6316 14 0.77 75 3 121 3 198 9 3.12 14 2 SLA 22 x SLR 67 CRS 4540 1 % 25.59 6539 12 4.32 76 7 122 7 196 11 3.18 12 3 SLA 22 x SLR 75 CRS 4229 3 16.98 7178 7 14.52 76 8 121 6 216 2 3.05 17 4 SLR 22 x SLR 84 CRS 4133 5 14.33 6474 13 3.29 75 4 121 4 201 6 3.07 16 5 SLA 22 x SLR 91 CRS 4171 4 15.38 6280 15 0.19 76 5 122 8 216 3 3.11 15 6 SLA 45 x SLR 92 CRS 3262 19 -9.76 6579 11 4.96 78 12 125 14 155 19 3.57 1 7 REHT 2014/1 ICRISAT 3506 15 -3.02 6910 8 10.24 77 10 123 9 201 5 3.32 10 8 REHT 2014/22 ICRISAT 3147 20 -12.95 4845 20 -22.70 81 17 127 18 144 20 2.79 20 9 REHT 2015/6 ICRISAT 3504 16 -3.07 6039 17 -3.65 77 9 123 10 200 8 3.03 18 10 REHT 2015/12 ICRISAT 3775 9 4.43 7406 6 18.16 80 16 124 13 212 4 3.31 11 11 REHT 2015/14 ICRISAT 3523 14 -2.54 6005 18 -4.20 76 6 121 5 194 12 3.13 13 12 REHT2015/16 ICRISAT 3424 17 -5.28 7847 1 25.19 83 20 128 20 194 13 3.56 2 13 Dharwad Hyb 1 Dharwad 3660 12 1.24 7505 4 19.74 74 1 119 1 192 14 3.44 4 14 PRSH 564 Parbhani 3686 11 1.96 7466 5 19.11 80 13 124 12 185 16 3.55 3 15 PRSH 565 Parbhani 3383 18 -6.42 5981 19 -4.58 80 15 126 16 200 7 3.36 8 16 CSH 13R Check 3979 7 6866 9 80 14 125 15 175 18 2.80 19 17 CSH 15R Check 3615 13 6268 16 74 2 120 2 190 15 3.41 6 18 M 35-1 Check 3724 10 6702 10 78 11 123 11 198 10 3.38 7 19 CSV 22R Check 3839 8 7552 3 82 19 128 19 180 17 3.36 9 20 CSV 29R Check 4003 6 7732 2 81 18 126 17 218 1 3.41 5 LOC. MEAN 3778 6724 78 123 193 3.25 C.D. (5%) 751 1660 3 5 17 0.31 C.D. (1%) 1006 2210 5 7 23 0.41 C.V. (%) 12.0 17.4 3.9 2.8 7.8 7.05

Note: R - Ranking; GY - Grain Yield (kg/ha); FY - Fodder Yield (kg/ha); DTF - Days to flowering; DTM - Days to maturity; PH - Plant height (cm); GW - 100 grain weight (g); *Percent over CSH 15R. % and Bold Statistically significant at 5% over CSH15R. b) IIHT 2 In this trial of IIHT 2 during rabi 2016-17, 10 experimental hybrids from CRS, Solapur along with two hybrid checks (CSH13 and CSH15R) and three (M35-1, CSV22R an CSV29R) varietal checks were tested at Parbhani, Rahuri, Solapur, Dharwad, Bijapur and Tandur. The results are summarized below.

• Days to flowering and maturity – Flowering time ranged from 73-78 days among the 10 test hybrids. The test hybrids matured in 120 to 124 days. The check CSH15R flowered in 75 days while it matured in 121 days. No test hybrid was early to CSH15R.

• Plant height – Plant height ranged from 200 to 217 cm in test hybrids against the height of 202 cm in Check CSH15R.



• Grain yield – None of the test hybrids were significantly superior to CSH15R for grain yield. The best test hybrid, SLA 22 x SLR 92 yielded 3767 kg/ha grain yield as against 3532 kg/ha grain yield of CSH15R, and was superior by 6.65%.

• Fodder yield – None of the check hybrids were significantly better than the hybrid check CSH15R. The range in fodder yield was from 5379 kg/ha (SLA 22 x SLR 57) to 6706 kg/ha (SLA 101 x SLR 93) against the check hybrid value of 5862 kg/ha.

• Grain size – None of the test hybrids were significantly better for grain size over CSH15R. Maximum grain size was recorded in SLA 101 x SLR 93 (3.38 g/100 seeds) and lowest in 104 A x SLR 31 (2.98 g/100 seeds). The check, CSH 15R recorded 3.32 g/100 seeds

Remarks – None of the test hybrids were superior to check CSH 15R for any of the trait measured.

Table 2. Summary of experimental hybrids in Inter-Institutional Hybrid Trial 2: Rabi 2016-17

S. No

Pedigree Center GY R %over Check

FY R %over Check


1 SLA 22 x SLR 57 CRS 3460 9 -2.04 5379 15 -8.24 73 14 120 15 209 7 3.09 13 2 SLA 22 x SLR 72 CRS 3686 3 4.36 6289 8 7.28 78 4 124 5 211 4 3.27 6 3 SLA 22 x SLR 92 CRS 3767 1 6.65 6484 5 10.61 76 6 122 8 210 5 3.11 12 4 SLA 22 x SLR 93 CRS 3447 11 -2.41 5566 14 -5.05 75 10 121 10 209 6 3.16 10 5 SLA 101 x SLR 31 CRS 3339 13 -5.46 5960 10 1.67 75 9 121 12 202 11 3.32 2 6 SLA 101 x SLR 93 CRS 3133 15 -11.30 6706 2 14.40 76 7 122 9 206 10 3.38 1 7 SLA 131 x SLR 57 CRS 3453 10 -2.24 6407 6 9.30 74 12 121 14 217 2 3.28 4 8 104 A x SLR 31 CRS 3355 12 -5.01 5602 13 -4.44 75 8 122 7 200 13 2.98 14 9 104 A x SLR 57 CRS 3529 7 -0.08 5995 9 2.27 74 13 121 13 214 3 3.25 7

10 104 A x SLR 67 CRS 3626 4 2.66 6537 4 11.51 77 5 123 6 208 8 3.14 11 11 CSH 13R Check 3581 5 5666 12 79 3 124 3 177 15 2.78 15 12 CSH 15R Check 3532 6 5862 11 75 11 121 11 202 12 3.32 3 13 M 35-1 Check 3303 14 6295 7 78 4 124 4 207 9 3.23 8 14 CSV 22R Check 3469 8 6570 3 80 2 126 1 186 14 3.27 5 15 CSV 29R Check 3744 2 7309 1 80 1 125 2 232 1 3.21 9

LOC. MEAN 3495 6175 76 122 206 3.19 C.D. (5%) 451 978 3 3 14 0.23 C.D. (1%) 604 1299 3 4 19 0.31 C.V. (%) 9.1 13.8 2.9 1.8 6.0 5.36

Note: R - Ranking; GY - Grain Yield (kg/ha); FY - Fodder Yield (kg/ha); DTF - Days to flowering; DTM - Days to maturity; PH - Plant height (cm); GW - 100 grain weight (g); *Percent over CSH 15R c) IIVT In this trial of IIVT, 19 experimental varieties (13 from CRS Solapur and 6 from ICRISAT) along with three varietal checks (M35-1, CSV22R an CSV29R) were tested at Parbhani, Rahuri, Solapur, Dharwad, Bijapur and Tandur. The results are summarized below.

• Days to flowering and maturity – Flowering time ranged from 76-85 days among the 19 test varieties. The test varieties matured in 122 to 128 days. The check CSV29R flowered in 80 days while it matured in 124 days.

• Plant height – Plant height ranged from 147 to 219 cm in test varieties against the height of 221 cm in Check CSV29R.

• Grain yield – None of the test varieties were significantly superior to CSV29R for grain yield. The best test variety, SLV 182 yielded 3605 kg/ha grain yield as against 3149 kg/ha grain yield of CSV29R, and was superior by 14.48%.

• Fodder yield – Only one new variety SLV 104-2 (7665 kg/ha) was significantly better than CSV29R (6206 kg/ha) by over 23%.

• Grain size – Most of the varieties were bold (>3 g/100 grain weight).

Remarks – None of the test varieties were superior to check CSV29R for grain yield.

Table 3. Summary of experimental varieties in Inter-Institutional Varietal trial: Rabi 2016-17 S. No

Pedigree Centre GY R %over Check

FY R %over Check


1 SLV 130 CRS 3398 2 7.91 7179 4 15.68 82 19 127 20 193 12 3.33 4 % 2 SLV 141 CRS 3111 6 -1.21 6458 12 4.06 79 8 122 5 215 4 3.03 19 3 SLV 151 CRS 2897 12 -8.00 6722 7 8.31 82 16 126 16 188 13 3.31 6 4 SLV 168 CRS 2803 15 -10.99 7222 3 16.37 82 20 127 19 187 14 3.06 16 5 SLV 182 CRS 3605 1 14.48 6232 13 0.42 79 7 123 7 219 2 3.10 15 6 SLV 205 CRS 2979 9 -5.40 6556 10 5.64 81 13 125 12 196 10 3.39 3 % 7 SLV 102-1 CRS 2867 13 -8.96 6510 11 4.90 80 10 125 13 181 15 3.47 1 % 8 SLV 104-2 CRS 2644 18 -16.04 7665 1 % 23.51 85 22 128 22 219 3 3.42 2 %



S. No

Pedigree Centre GY R %over Check

FY R %over Check


9 SLV 210 CRS 3356 3 6.57 7144 5 15.11 82 18 127 21 196 8 3.32 5 % 10 SLV 200 CRS 2914 11 -7.46 5988 17 -3.51 81 12 125 14 178 19 3.29 7 11 SLV 193-1 CRS 2742 17 -12.92 5796 19 -6.61 78 6 124 8 180 16 3.01 20 12 SLV 201 CRS 2452 21 -22.13 6590 9 6.19 79 9 124 9 204 6 3.11 12 13 SLV 221 CRS 2955 10 -6.16 6695 8 7.88 76 1 122 2 176 20 3.23 10 14 PERT 2014/9 ICRISAT 2140 22 -32.04 4463 22 -28.09 83 21 126 18 153 21 3.01 21 15 PERT 2015/1 ICRISAT 3105 7 -1.40 7393 2 19.13 81 15 124 11 195 11 3.04 18 16 PERT 2015/4 ICRISAT 2760 16 -12.35 5798 18 -6.57 82 17 126 17 147 22 2.86 22 17 PERT 2015/6 ICRISAT 2631 19 -16.45 4991 21 -19.58 77 5 122 4 179 18 3.19 11 18 PERT 2015/7 ICRISAT 2505 20 -20.45 5295 20 -14.68 76 2 122 1 202 7 3.11 13 19 PERT 2015/8 ICRISAT 3024 8 -3.97 6021 16 -2.98 77 3 123 6 196 9 3.28 8 20 M 35-1 Check 3147 5 6031 15 77 4 122 3 205 5 3.24 9 21 CSV 22R Check 2821 14 6963 6 81 14 125 15 180 17 3.10 14 22 CSV 29R Check 3149 4 6206 14 80 11 124 10 221 1 3.06 17 LOC. MEAN 2909 6360 80 125 191 3.18 C.D. (5%) 746 1251 3 3 13 0.25 C.D. (1%) 997 1658 3 4 17 0.33 C.V. (%) 15.6 15.6 2.8 1.8 5.8 5.77 Note: R - Ranking; GY - Grain Yield (kg/ha); FY - Fodder Yield (kg/ha); DTF - Days to flowering; DTM - Days to maturity; PH - Plant height (cm); GW - 100 grain weight (g); *Percent over CSV29R. % and Bold Statistically significant at 5% over CSV29R Rabi sorghum breeding at IIMR

1. Genetic enhancement for drought tolerance in rabi sorghum genotypes (MY Samdur, HS Talwar and Prabhakar)

Breeding for varieties with drought tolerance under rainfed / soil moisture situations (shallow-medium and deep soils and under irrigated condition) is a high priority to improve productivity in large drought prone area of India.

Identification of drought tolerant genotypes: Stress susceptible index (SSI) value for yield per plot (g) under one irrigation ranged from 0.01 (CRS 7) to 3.57 (PKR Kranti) and two irrigation ranged from 0.49 (BRJ 62 x RS 585) to 1.31 (Phule Chitra) (Table 1). SSI value for fodder yield per plot under one irrigation ranged from 0.00 (Sangola hondi x BRJ 62) to 3.56 (IC 343583) and under two irrigation ranged from 0.00 (Sangola Hondi x BRJ 62) to 1.69 (Phule Anuradha x BRJ 62). In addition to Drought susceptible index (DSI) values, drought tolerant genotypes were judged based on weighted means. The highest weight of 5 was given to treatment under rainfed condition as yield under less soil moisture condition is more advantageous than yield under irrigated condition followed by 3.5 and 1.5 weights were given to the treatments under water deficit and assured irrigated conditions respectively according to economic benefit in relation to moisture condition. For grain yield weighted means ranged from 334.35 (IC 343583) to 743.1 (BRJ 62 x RS 585) and for fodder yield ranged from 3201.66 (CSV 22) to 1236.66 (Phule Anuradha x SLR 24). Based on DSI for grain and fodder yield under one irrigation and two irrigations genotypes, Phule Anuradha x Sangola Hondi, Sangola hondi x BRJ 62, SLR 24 x BRJ 62, IC 392155, CRS 7, CRS 20, CRS 48, Selection 3 and EP 87 were drought tolerant. The genotypes Sangola Hondi x BRJ 62, SLR 24 x BRJ 62, and CRS 7 showed lower DSI and higher weighted mean value indicating these are drought tolerant as well as high yielder also.

Identification of drought tolerant traits: Traits early flowering, long peduncle length and less reduction in leaf area at the time of flowering are desirable to enhance drought tolerance in rabi sorghum. Genotypes, Phule Anuradha x Sangola Hondi, Sangola Hondi x BRJ 62, SLR 24 x BRJ 62, IC 392155, CRS 7, CRS 20, CRS 48, Selection 3 and EP 87 were drought tolerant. The genotypes Sangola Hondi x BRJ 62, SLR 24 x BRJ 62, and CRS 7 showed lower DSI and higher weighted mean value indicating these are drought tolerant as well as high yielders also.

Table: 1 Different indices for drought tolerance of rabi sorghum genotypes S.

No. Genotypes SSI 1I

GY SSI 2I GY SSI 1I FY SSI

2IFY Rank WMI

GY Rank WMI FY

1 Phule anuradha x M35-1 0.27 1.01 0.40 1.13 514.49 1538.33 2 Phule anuradha x CRS 7 (Bulk 2) 2.33 0.71 0.19 0.66 587.24 1605.00 3 Phule anuradha x SLR 24 1.23 0.76 1.24 1.40 600.14 1236.67 4 Phule anuradha x BRJ 62 0.92 0.93 1.82 1.69 528.68 1521.67 5 Phule anuradha x Sangola Hondi 0.76 0.97 0.22 1.07 577.99 1440.00 6 Sangola hondi x Phule anuradha 1.00 0.80 1.06 0.67 512.84 1366.67 7 Sangola Hondi x M35-1 0.11 1.03 0.18 1.41 547.95 1781.67 8 Sangola Hondi x BRJ 62 0.20 0.59 0.27 0.00 690.62 2166.67 9 Sangola Hondi x SLR 24 0.02 1.07 0.18 1.51 572.24 1801.67

10 CRS 7 x M35-1 1.03 1.02 1.09 0.94 567.08 1358.33 11 CRS 7 x BRJ 62 2.25 1.03 0.61 1.30 683.87 1546.67 12 SLR 24 x BRJ 62 0.93 1.07 0.00 0.98 628.74 1551.67 13 SLR 24 x AKR 354 1.68 0.90 0.20 0.65 445.78 1500.00



S. No.

Genotypes SSI 1I GY

SSI 2I GY SSI 1I FY SSI 2IFY

Rank WMI GY

Rank WMI FY

14 SLR 24 x Solapur Dagdi 0.12 1.16 0.46 1.24 562.56 2043.33 15 BRJ 62 x RS 585 1.79 0.49 3.17 0.85 743.60 1711.67 16 PEC 14 (IC 392137) 2.23 0.95 0.98 0.66 576.21 2385.00 17 PEC 32- (IC-392155) 0.51 0.81 0.56 1.63 534.28 2933.33 18 PEC 33 (IC-392156) 0.43 0.90 0.14 1.14 467.01 2200.00 19 EP 39(IC 305920) 0.32 1.19 3.40 0.28 459.58 2795.00 20 EP 84 (IC 343583) 1.16 1.11 3.56 1.26 334.35 2506.67 21 M35-1 0.07 0.98 0.14 0.61 608.17 2115.00 22 CSV 26 2.46 0.94 0.37 0.63 594.56 2463.33 23 Phule Suchitra 3.30 1.06 2.44 0.04 441.43 2421.67 24 Phule Anuradha 0.08 0.98 0.70 1.36 544.00 1336.67 25 Phule AnuradhaxCSV 22 (Bulk 1) 0.23 1.14 1.48 1.40 503.96 2033.33 26 CRS 4 1.12 0.79 2.97 0.64 602.14 1300.00 27 CRS 7 0.01 0.96 0.45 1.63 734.78 1475.00 28 CRS 20 0.64 1.05 0.50 0.83 398.31 2410.00 29 CRS 48 0.43 0.88 0.48 1.37 486.37 1996.67 30 CSV 22 1.33 1.06 1.70 0.22 427.33 3201.67 31 Phule Chitra 2.79 1.31 0.19 0.64 426.26 2369.17 32 Phule mauli 1.31 1.05 0.94 0.99 463.50 1275.00 33 Sel 3 0.03 0.71 0.53 0.68 653.44 1676.67 34 Parbhani Moti 2.59 1.16 1.08 1.25 513.01 2521.67 35 PKV Kranti 3.57 0.95 0.12 0.30 588.84 2551.67 36 Solapur Dagdi 3.32 1.19 0.53 1.17 316.83 1741.67 37 Jalna Dagdi 0.78 1.08 0.53 1.39 520.27 1781.67 38 CRS 1 1.75 0.92 0.65 1.07 558.81 1406.67 39 EP 87 0.83 0.78 1.19 0.94 520.97 1976.67 40 PEC 17 0.56 1.28 0.62 1.63 546.32 2631.67 41 CRS 19 1.59 1.22 0.35 0.70 435.84 2578.33 42 Phule anuradha x CRS 7 (Bulk 1) 0.22 1.16 0.17 0.90 527.48 1806.67

2. Development of multi-genotype varieties (MAGIC lines) for genetic diversification and enhancing yield stability in Rabi sorghum (Parashuram Patroti, K. K. Sharma and MY Samdur)

Two different sets of 8 MAGIC founder lines were used to develop MAGIC population and construction of their intensively selected multi-genotypes. For that, two different strategies were employed.

Strategy 1: Convergent crosses among 1st set of 8 parental lines (MAGIC Founder lines): During rabi 2015-16, four single crosses viz., M35-1 × CSV-29R, Parbhani Moti × CRS-20, DSV 5 × Sel. 3 and CSV-216R × CRS-4 were synthesized. In kharif 2016, two double crosses viz., DC1

Parent/ SCH/ DCHs

– {(M35-1 × CSV-29R) × (Parbhani Moti × CRS-20)}; DC2 – {(DSV 5 × Sel. 3) × (CSV-216R × CRS-4)} were generated. In rabi 2016-17, Inter-mating between Double crosses in a pair wise was done to produce individual plant lines. Two Double crosses, four single crosses along with 8 MAGIC founder lines were evaluated in a Randomized Block Design with two replications during rabi 2016-17 (Table 2). Results revealed significant difference for almost all traits. Double cross hybrids were much better in their performance over Single crosses and their parents for all traits except panicle exertion and panicle length.

Table 2. Evaluation of MAGIC Founder lines, SCHs & DCHs for yield and its attributing traits during Rabi 2016-17 50%

flowering (days)

Plant Height (cm)

Panicle Exertion

(cm)

Panicle length (cm)

Panicle weight

(g)

Grain yield/plant

(g)

Fodder yield/plant

(g)

Test weight (g)

M 35-1 72 198 26 16 146 120 187 42 CSV 29R 85 210 35 21 149 123 184 45 Parbhani Moti 85 242 34 16 112 86 129 50 CRS 20 75 160 27 19 86 60 90 30 DSV 5 87 254 28 24 163 137 205 39 Selection 3 74 186 46 15 50 24 70 36 CSV 216R 73 212 26 24 190 164 240 38 CRS 4 65 200 30 20 84 58 95 34 Mean 77 208 32 19 123 97 150 39 SCH-1 84 218 36 22 155 129 195 48 SCH-2 85 220 27 23 163 137 200 50 SCH-3 69 250 37 21 184 158 237 55 SCH-4 88 230 50 24 158 132 198 54 Mean 82 230 38 23 165 139 208 52 DCH-1 75 250 45 21 171 145 218 58 DCH-2 78 230 40 22 200 174 261 60 Mean 77 240 43 22 186 160 240 59 CD (0.05) 3.77** 9.37** 3.68** 2.67** 8.64** 6.18** 4.74** 3.27** SEd± 1.74 4.34 1.70 1.24 4.00 2.86 2.2 1.52



Strategy 2: Half diallel mating among 2nd

1. CSV 26 × Phule Suchitra

set of 8 parental lines (MAGIC Founder lines): During rabi 2016-17, 28 Single crosses (Half diallel set) were synthesized which are as follows.

8. Phule Suchitra × CSV 14R 15. CSV 14R × PKV Kranti 22. CRS 4 × Phule Revati 2. CSV 26 × CSV 14R 9. Phule Suchitra × CRS 4 16. CSV 14R × Solapur Dagdi 23. PKV Kranti × Solapur Dagdi 3. CSV 26 × CRS 4 10. Phule Suchitra × PKV Kranti 17. CSV 14R × DSV 4 24. PKV Kranti × DSV 4 4. CSV 26 × PKV Kranti 11. Phule Suchitra × Solapur Dagdi 18. CSV 14R × Phule Revati 25. PKV Kranti × Phule Revati 5. CSV 26 × Solapur Dagdi 12. Phule Suchitra × DSV 4 19. CRS 4 × PKV Kranti 26. Solapur Dagdi × DSV 4 6. CSV 26 × DSV 4 13. Phule Suchitra × Phule Revati 20. CRS 4 × Solapur Dagdi 27. Solapur Dagdi × Phule Revati 7. CSV 26 × Phule Revati 14. CSV 14R × CRS 4 21. CRS 4 × DSV 4 28. DSV 4 × Phule Revati

Evaluation of F1s, F2s, F5s and selection of desirable segregants: During Rabi 2016-17, 49 F1s, 4 F2s, 32 F5

3. Breeding for high yielding rabi sorghum hybrids (S Rakshit, P Patroti, MY Samdur, HS Talwar, KK Sharma, A kalaisekhar & KS Babu)

s were evaluated for yield and its attributing traits and desirable genotypes were selected for further advancement.

The project has been initiated from rabi 2016. Following experiments are being conducted: i. Fertility restoration behaviour of exotic lines and rabi landraces: 75 exotic lines and 203 rabi land races are being

testcrossed with 104A to know their fertility response and hybrid performance. ii. Multiplication of sorghum mini-core and promising genotypes: 311 lines (including mini-core set and other

promising and parental lines) are being multiplied. iii. Advancement of generations for drought tolerance: 31 families in F7iv. Induced mutagenesis towards variability creation: three genotypes (104B, RS 585 and 296B) have been

irradiated with 300 GY gamma irradiation and 0.25% EMS alone and in combination.

stage are being advanced.

v. Mapping populations for aphid resistance: Two mapping populations, viz., SLR 31 × Swarna with 217 F4 families and TAM 428 × Swarna with 520 F4

families are being advanced.

4. Stay green QTL introgression in rabi sorghum genotypes (R Madhusudhana and H S Talwar under ACIAR-2) Stay-green in sorghum: Delayed leaf senescence (stay-green) in sorghum is an important trait for imparting drought tolerance under terminal moisture stress. Marker-assisted breeding is being followed to incorporate stay-green quantitative trait loci (QTL) into elite post-rainy (rabi) sorghum lines. QTL for stay-green: Several QTL associated with stay-green are documented, of which two QTL, Stg3a and Stg3b on LG 02 were consistent across genetic backgrounds. Under post-rainy sorghum growing conditions, Stg3a and Stg3b contribute for improved grain and stover yields. Indian elite post-rainy sorghum genotypes, CRS4 and RSLG262 lack Stg3a and Stg3b. Incorporation of stay-green QTL significantly benefits the resource poor sorghum farmers in realizing higher grain yield and fodder yields. SSR markers for target QTL region on LG 02: QTL Stg3a and Stg3b have been positioned between 57-62 Mb and 69-71 Mb region respectively. We developed 48 microsatellite (SSR) markers to carry out marker-assisted breeding. Evaluation during rabi 2015-16: Foreground selection was followed in BC1F1 and progeny were advanced to BC1F3s. Initial evaluations of partial introgression lines (BC1F3 generations) of CRS4 and RSLG262 carrying Stg3a and Stg3b from donor parent B35, in both well-watered stress environments was carried out during post-rainy 2015-16 at ICAR-IIMR, Hyderabad. Some of the QTL introgression lines maintained higher green leaf area at maturity, improved grain and stover yield under both water stress and well-watered conditions. Under water stress, 56-150% higher green leaf area at grain maturity was observed in introgressed lines of CRS4 and RSLG262. For green leaf area, few of the RSLG262 derived lines were better than stay-green donor B35. They also showed significantly better drought tolerance in terms of their lower DSI compared to respective recurrent parents. Some introgression lines recorded 16-20% grain yield, and 26-71% stover yield superiority over CRS4 and RSLG262 recurrent parents. The study indicated positive effect of stay-green QTL, Stg3a and Stg3b of B35 in post-rainy sorghum lines, CRS4 and RSLG262 in enhancing post-flowering drought tolerance.



Scheme for marker-assisted selection

Rabi sorghum breeding at AICSIP centers 1. Rahuri Major Achievements: Notification of sorghum varieties: • The rabi sorghum variety Phule Madhur for hurda purpose has been notified vide S.O. No. 2238 E dated 29/6/2016. • The rabi sorghum variety Phule Rohini for papad purpose has been notified vide S.O. No. 2238 E dated 29/6/2016.

DETAIL REPORT 1. R and B line development programme

Sl. No.

Generation R line development B line development No. of crosses

evaluated No. of families/single

plant selected No. of crosses


plant selected 1 F 12 1 F1 4 grown F1 grown 2 F2 5 50 2 20



Sl. No.

Generation R line development B line development No. of crosses


plant selected No. of crosses


plant selected 3 F3 8 40 5 25 4 F4 7 23 5 13 5 F5 9 29 11 16 6 F6 6 20 Total 41 142 33 94

2. MS Conversion programme

Generation No. of crosses evaluated No. of families/single plant selected (Advancement of BC pairs made during the year)

F 479A x 1409B 0 Five Crosses were effected 479A x 139B 479A x 129B 479A x 131B 479A x RMS 2010-16B Total 5 5

3. Trait-specific line development programme

Development of genotypes for shallow to medium soil and deep soil: Following separate 7 x 7 half diallel mating systems for shallow and medium soils, 42 crosses have been effected during the rabi season. The F1 to F6

Sr. No.

generations were evaluated and promising IPS were selected. The details are given below.

Segregating generations for genotypes development programme. Generation No. of crosses grown No. of progenies grown No. of Selections made

IPS Bulk Total

1 F0 42 crosses effected - - - -

2 F1 42 - - - -

3 F2 43 - 430 - 430

4 F3 39 390 220 - 220

5 F4 45 209 180 180

6 F5 38 222 80 80

7 F6 49 112 85 85

Total 256 830 165 995

4. Station hybrid/varietal trial

Sr.no. Name of trial No. of entries tested Checks used Superior entries 1.1 State level trials

1. State Multilocation varietal cum- hybrid trial (Rainfed)

16 PKV Kranti P. Moti M 35-1

SPV 2418 RSV 1736 PVR 934

2. State Multilocation varietal cum- hybrid trial (Irrigated)

18 PKV Kranti CSH 15 R

M 35-1

PKV, Kranti P. Revati

1.2 Univ. multilocation trials 1. UMLT on shallow soil 20 P. Anuradha

M 35-1 RSV 1620 RSV 1996

2. UMLT on medium soil 17+3 P. Vasudha P. Suchitra

M35-1

RSV 1620 RSV 2418

3. UMLT on deep soil 17+3 P. Vasudha P. Revati

M35-1

RSV 1628 RSV 1620 RSV 1711

1.3 Station trials 1.3.1 Station Varietal Trials

1. Station trial set -I 18+2 M35-1 P. Anuradha

RSV 1986 RSV2074

2. Station trial set –II 18+3 Swati M 35-1

RSV 1937 RSV 1842

3. Station trial set –III 17+3 IS 2312 M 35-1

RSV 2124 RSV 1988



Sr.no. Name of trial No. of entries tested Checks used Superior entries 4. Station trial set –IV (Irrigated) 17+3 P.Vasudha

P.Revati M 35-1

RSV 1628 RSV 1920

5. Station Trial - Set-V 19+1 Barshi Jute RSV 2138 RSV 1984

6. Station Trial - Set-VI 16+4 P.Vasudha P.Suchitra

M 35-1

RSV 2191 RSV 2197

7. Station trial set-VII 16+4 P.Vasudha P.Suchitra

M 35-1

RSV 2209 RSV 2214 RSV 2210

8. Station trial set –VIII 16+4 P.Vasudha P.Suchitra

M 35-1

RSV 2215 RSV 2229 RSV 2220

9. Station trial set –IX 16+4 P.Vasudha P.Suchitra

M 35-1

RSV 2235 RSV 2233

10.

Station trial set –X 15+5 P.Vasudha P.Suchitra

M 35-1

RSV 2247 RSV 2249 RSV 2252

1.3.2 Station Hybrid Trials 1. Station Hybrid Trial 27+3 CSH 15 R

P. Revati M 35-1

RSH 1356 RSH 1374 RSH 1366

5. AICSIP trial:

Sr.No Name of trial No. of AICSIP trials allotted

No. of AICSIP trials successfully conducted

1 Initial cum Advanced Varietal Trial 1 1 2 Initial cum Advanced Hybrid Trial 1 1 3 Inter Institutional rabi Varietal Evaluation Trial (IIVT ) 1 1 4 Inter Institutional rabi Hybrid Evaluation Trial (IIHT 1 ) 1 1 5 Inter Institutional rabi Hybrid Evaluation Trial (IIHT 2 ) 1 1 6 Inter Institutional rabi Varietal Evaluation Trial-Rahuri (IIVTR ) 1 1 7 Inter Institutional rabi Hybrid Evaluation Trial-Rahuri (IIHTR ) 1 1 8 Evaluation of rabi selections 1 1 Total 8 8 1 F2 22 crosses received under Team efforts programme 22 crosses 2 Germplasm evaluation 216 216

6. Other points regarding the breeding material

a) Maintenance of elite CMS: The A/B pair viz; 104 A&B, 1409 A&B, 185A&B, 479 A&B, A&B, 2010-10 A&B 2010-16 A&B, 2010-24 A&B, 38 A&B, 42 A&B, 49 A&B, 1222 A&B and 4111 A&B were maintained through hand pollination.

b) Maintenance of new CMS: Total 9 A/B pair viz; RMS 2010-6 A&B, RMS 2010-9 A&B, RMS 2010- 11, RMS 2010-22 A&B, RMS 2010-23 A&B, and RMS 2010-35 A&B were maintained through hand pollination on small scale.

c) Maintenance of B lines: Forty-One B line viz., RSB 65, RSB67, RSB69 to RSB 76 and RSB-116 to RSB 147 were maintained through selfing.

d) Maintenance of B2 lines: Ten RHRB2e) Maintenance of Restorers lines: Total 37 R lines viz., RSR-1048 to RSR1067 and RSR 1068 to RSR 1087

were maintained through selfing.

-12, 15,26, 32, 40,8603-2,3,4,5,6 were maintained through selfing.

f) Maintenance of Stay green Restorers lines: Eight stay green R lines received from IIMR Hyderabad viz., B 35, E 36-1, CRS1, CRS 4, K 648, K 359, K 369 and K 382 were maintained through selfing.

g) Development of new rabi experimental hybrids: In order to develop new rabi sorghum hybrids, 4 male sterile viz., 104A, 185A, 4RMS -2010-16A and RMS -2010-24A, 37 rabi sorghum restorer has been utilized for development of new hybrids and total 21 hybrids were developed.

7. Other Important Points Nucleus, breeder and truthful seed production.

Sr. No Name of cultivar Tentative Nucleus seed (kg) Breeder Seed (q) Truthful Seed (q) 1 P. Yashoda 5.00 2 P. Amruta 10.00 3 P. Chitra 10.00 0.10 4 P. Vasudha 50.00 5.00 5.00 5 P. Anuradha 10.00 6 P. Revati 50.00 10.00 10.00



Sr. No Name of cultivar Tentative Nucleus seed (kg) Breeder Seed (q) Truthful Seed (q) 7 Swati (RSV9R) 02.50 8 Selection - 3 01.00 9 CSV-19 SS (Sweet Sorghum) 10.00 10 CSV-84 SS (Sweet Sorghum) 04.00 11 P. Uttara 03.00 12 P. Panchami 10.00 0.58 13 CSV - 22 10.00 0.20 14 CSV – 30 F 10.00 4.00 2.00 15 P. Suchitra 50.00 5.00 5.00 16 P. Rohini (RPASV – 3) 10.00 0.50 17 P. Madhur (RSSGV – 46) 10.00 1.00 1.00 18 RSSH – 50 A line – 185A/185B

R line – RSSV - 260 15.00 20.00

0.10 / 0.10 0.20

19 Phule Vasundhara (RSSH 50) 1.50

2. Tandur Executive summary: At Tandur, sorghum improvement was carried out with the objective of developing dual purpose Rabi sorghum varieties with good grain quality, high yield and tolerance to terminal drought. In the station trial (AYT I and PYT) out of 26 entries tested SVT 55, SVT58, SVT 59, SVT 60, SVT 81 and SVT 82 were promising and out yielded the checks with respect to grain and fodder yields. Seed multiplication was carried out and the entries SVT 55 and SVT 57 will be nominated for AICRP testing for Rabi 2017-18. Sixty field day selections based on yield and grain quality obtained from IIMR, Hyderabad and CRS, Solapur in Rabi 2016 were evaluated to identify promising entries to be used in breeding programme. Promising Rabi adapted, drought adapted advanced breeding entries suitable to the region were identified in the physiology trials. The station breeding programme consisted of segregating material of 57 crosses and a total of 335 single plant selections made in different generations (F2-F6


) based on plant type, ear head characteristics, grain quality and duration. DETAIL REPORT

Sr.no. Name of trial No. of entries tested Checks used Superior entries 1 AYT-II 8 M 35-1, CSV 29R SVT 55, SVT 58, SVT 59,SVT60 2 PYT 18 M 35-1, CSV 29R SVT 81, SVT 82 3 Evaluation of field day Rabi sorghum

selections for grain yield and quality 60 M 35-1 IC 288863, IC 287562, IC 287221

2. AICSIP trial:

Sr.no. No. of AICSIP trials allotted No. of AICSIP trials successfully conducted 1 6 (Breeding) 6 2 2 (Physiology) 2

3. Other points regarding the breeding material Maintenance of A B lines- 8A, 9B No. of Restorer lines: 48 (restorer reaction not known) No. of experimental hybrids: 82 No. of varietal selections-

S.No. Generation No of crosses Single plant selections 1 Fresh crosses 61 - 2 F1 20 - 3 F2 30 84 4 F3 13 132 5 F4 12 100 6 F5 2 19 Total 57 335

3. Vijayapura (Bijapur) Executive summary: The significant achievements of the centre are as follows. Developed high grain and fodder yielding rabi sorghum variety BJV 44 with high grain and fodder yields, charcoal rot and shoot fly resistance. Developed and released three speciality type varieties, AKJ-1 (for flaking), SMJ-1 (for hurda/seethani: roasted tender grains) and KMJ-1 (for popping). Ten new B lines on milo with near Maldandi grain features, five new A/B lines on maldandi source of cytoplasm and two stable restorers on maldandi were developed. Six promising derivatives of R354 for shoot fly resistance were developed through MAS.



DETAILED REPORT:

1. R and B Line Development.

2. Station Trials: Evaluation of genotypes (Varieties, hybrids, B lines & R lines) Sl. No. Trial Name No. of entries Checks used No. of promising entries

Station Trials 1 PVT-I 32 CSV29R, BJV 44, M 35-1, SPV 2217, Phule

anuradha Selection process is in

progress 2 PVT-II 34 CSV 29R, BJV 44, DSV 4, M 35-1, E 36-1 _ ,, _ 3 CR trial 17 M 35-1, DSV-4, DSV-5, SPV2217, E 36-1,

CSV 29R, BJV 44 _ ,, _

4 MLVT 16 M 35-1, CSV29R, DSV-4, SPV2217, BJV-44 _ ,, _ 5 BLT 30 104B, 401B, M 31-1B, BRJ204, M 35-1, CSV

29R _ ,, _

6 RLT 37 AKR-150, R-354, RS-29, M 35-1, CSV-29R _ ,, _ Trials on advanced lines derived from different crosses

7 SbAbM trial 108 M 35-1, Br-33, CSV 216R, DSV 4, CSV 29R _ ,, _ 8 Landrace trial 90 M 35-1 _ ,, _ 9 Speciality grain trait trial

(SPGT) 72 M 35-1, AKJ-1, SMJ-1, KMJ-1 _ ,, _

10 BLT & RLT-Field Selections Trials 44 104B, 401B, R-354,

RS-29R, M 35-1 _ ,, _

11 RLT & BLT Selections (previous material) 25 104B, 401B, RS29R, R345, M 35-1, CSV 29R _ ,, _

12 PVT Selections (previous material) 33

CSV29R, BJV 44, M 35-1, SPV 2217, Phule anuradha

_ ,, _

13 BLT-I, II, III & RLT-I (Combined IPS Trial) 94

104B, 401B, R-354, RS29R, M 35-1, CSV 29R, BJV-44

_ ,, _

14 Advancement of Generation mean analysis material (Sp crosses with CSV216R)

C x A, K, S[ F2-5, F3-10, BC1P1-10, BC1P2-10}

CSV216R, AKJ-1, KMJ-1, SMJ-1 _ ,, _

15 Ilkal Selections (2014) 23 M 35-1, CSV 29R, BJV-44 _ ,, _ 16 CR & SG Selections 28 SPV2217, E 36-1, CSV 29R, M 35-1, _ ,, _ II Generation of Breeding material

2.1 Maldandi yielding ability with charcoal rot tolerance with earliness BC2F4 lines & BC2F5 47 DSV-4, DSV-5, M 35-1 _ ,, _

2.2 Early maturity, CR, speciality grain traits & high yield

F3 populations 10 Crosses DSV-4, DSV-5, M 35-1, E 36-1, P. anuradha _ ,, _

2.3 Mutation Breeding M 190 (4 Varieties) 2 DSV-5, DSV-5, M 35-1, CSV216R _ ,, _ M 7 varieties 1 DSV-5, DSV-5, M 35-1, CSV216R, RS29R, _ ,, _

Sl. No. Category Generation No. of families (No. of crosses) evaluated

No. of families/single plant selected

1 R line (grain) F6 5 families (single cross) Selection process is in progress 2 R line (grain) F6 2 families (single cross) -,,- 3 R line (grain) F6 4 families (single cross) -,,- 4 R line (grain) F6 2 families (single cross) -,,- 5 R line (grain) BC2F6 4 families (single cross) -,,- 6 R line (grain) BC2F6 5 families (single cross) -,,- 7 R line (grain) BC2F6 4 families (single cross) -,,- 8 R line (grain) BC2F6 6 families (3 crosses) -,,- R line (grain) Total 32 families 1 B line (grain) F9 4 families (two crosses) Selection process is in progress 2 B line (grain) F10 2 families (two crosses) -,,- 3 B line (grain) BC2F7/BC2F 2 families 8 -,,- 4 B line (grain) BC2F7/BC2F 2 families 8 -,,- 5 B line (grain) BC2F7/BC2F 1 families 8 6 B line (grain) BC2F7/BC2F 1 families 8 7 B line (grain) BC2F7/BC2F 7 families 8 -,,- 8 B line (grain) BC2F7/BC2F 5 families 8 -,,- B line (grain) Total 24 families 1 R line (grain and shoot fly) F1 Two crosses Selection process is in progress 2 B line (grain and shoot fly) F1 five crosses Selection process is in progress



Sl. No. Trial Name No. of entries Checks used No. of promising entries R354, CSV29R

2.4 Breeding material under Team efforts

F4 progenies (NRCS) 60 M 35-1, CSV 29R, BJV-44 _ ,, _ F5 progenies (NRCS) 41 M 35-1, CSV 29R, BJV-44 _ ,, _

2.5 Advancement of F1’s to F 86 2 M 35-1, DSV-4, DSV-5, SPV2217,

P.anuradha, E 36-1, KMJ-1, SMJ-1, AKJ-1, BJV-44, CSV216R, R354,

_ ,, _

III Maintenance breeding 3.1 Hybrid parental lines & varieties

A & B pair lines 06 Varieties 16

3.2 Germplasm lines Germplasm (DWD selections) 362 Evaluation of selected

germplasm trial (UAS-248) 242

Solapur Germplasm lines 211 CJV and C series 45 IS lines 100 M.Sc. Student germplasm

lines 120

REBT & RERT 17+16 Nucleus seed production of

released varieties No. of Progenies

M-35-1 CSV 29R BJV-44

250 150 150

IV. The new crosses generated during 2016-17.

Sl No. Cross Combination Purpose 1. M 35-1 x DSV-4 Higher yield and charcoal rot resistance x DSV-5 CSV29R x DSV-4 x DSV-5

SPV2217 x DSV-4 x DSV-5

2. DSV-4 x SPV2217 Stay green M 35-1 x SPV2217 CSV29R x SPV2217 BJV-44 x SPV2217 3 SPV2217 E 36-1 Earliness

M 35-1 E 36-1 CSV29R E 36-1 BJV-44 E 36-1

3. Evaluation of early generation breeding materials (Brief trait specific list)

V.1. Yield improvement under drought:

Sl. No. Generation No. of families (No. of crosses) evaluated No. of families/single plant selected 1 BC2F5/BC2F6 07 families _ ,, _ 2 BC2F4 5 families _ ,, _ 3 BC2F6 3 families _ ,, _ 4 F6 06 families _ ,, _ 5 BC1F6 16 families _ ,, _ Total 37

V.2. Charcoal rot tolerance:

Sl. No. Generation No. of families (No. of crosses) evaluated No. of families/single plant selected 1 BC2F4 14 families _ ,, _ 2 BC2F6 3 families _ ,, _

Total 17 _ ,, _ V.3. CSV216R yielding ability +non-lodging medium dwarf:

Sl. No. Generation No. of families (No. of crosses) evaluated No. of families/single plant selected 1 BC2F4 6 families selected _ ,, _ 2 BC2F5 1 familiy selected _ ,, _ 3 BC2F6 2 families _ ,, _ 4 BC2F5/BC2F6 3 families _ ,, _ Total 12



V.4. Yield and earliness: Sl. No. Generation No. of families (No. of crosses) evaluated No. of families/single plant selected

1 BC2F4 14 families (42 plants) _ ,, _ 2 BC2F5 2 families (6 plants) _ ,, _ 3 BC2F6 6 families (25 plants) _ ,, _

Total Families 73 plants) V.5. Yield and charcoal rot tolerance:

Sl. No. Generation No. of families (No. of crosses) evaluated No. of families/single plant selected 1 BC2F4 9 families _ ,, _ 2 F6 13 families (16 plants) _ ,, _

Total 22

V.6. High yield: Sl. No. Generation No. of families (No. of crosses) evaluated No. of families/single plant selected

1 F6 9 families _ ,, _ V.7. R line development programme:

Sl. No. Generation No. of families (No. of crosses) evaluated No. of families/single plant selected 1 BC2F5/BC2F6 9 families _ ,, _ 2 NRCS F6/F9 2 lines (2 crosses) _ ,, _ 3 F9 3 families _ ,, _

4. AICSIP Trials

Sl. No.

Name of the Trial

No. of entries

Checks used Replication No. / Block No. Promising Entries Other Remarks

1. IAVHT (Shallow Soils)

27 DSV-4 R1, B1 3016 Resistance to drought, early

B2 3002 - B3 3015, 3024 Tall, Sterile R2, B1 3064, 3050 Tall, Compact glumes B3 3060, 3053, 3075 R3, B1 3101, 3125 Less lodging, Semi compact &

red glumes B2 3117 Compact, 50% lodging 3118 Semi compact, Bold, Red glume B3 3106 Long ear 3122 Semi compact, less lodging 2. IAVT

(Deep Soils) 23 BJV-44 R1 2007, 2008, 2014

R2 2059, 2068, 2069, 2070 R3 2108, 2115, 2117, 2106, 2104 3. IAHT

(Deep Soils) 16 BJV-44 R1 1002, 1005, 1009, 1011, 1012,

1013, 1017 1011&1012-Tall; 1013-Late; 1005&1017-Tall, less lodging

R2 1052, 1057, 1061, 1065 1052-Med tall, 1057&1065-Tall R3 1103, 1106, 1107, 1110, 1116, 1107-Tall, long ear; 1110-no

lodging; 1116-compact ear 4. Rabi Selections

Trial 08 BJV-44 R1 501, 503, 504, 506 504-Tall

R2 524, 525, 528 524-Tall,early; 525&528-long ear, tall;

R3 541, 542, 545, 541&542-Tall, long ear 5. IIHT-1 20 CSV-29R, BJV-44 R1 103, 106, 110, 114 103-Very tall R2 133, 144, 150 144-Early; 150-Medium tall R3 163, 164, 169, 178, 179 163, 164, 178-Medium tall,

179-Tall 6. IIHT-2 15 CSV-29R, BJV-44 R1 202, 203, 211, 212 202,203-Tall, cylindrical ear R2 221, 223, 225, 227, 228, 234 223-long cylindrical year,

227-good, early, 223-Early R3 241, 245, 250, 251, 252, 253 245-Early; 251-Very early, 7. IIVT-Deep Soils 22 CSV-29R, BJV-44 R1 306, 309, 312, 320 306&320-Compact, dwarf

312-Tall R2 339, 341, 344, 352 339&344-Medium tall, early

341&352-Medium tall, Compact R3 364, 379, 379, 381 364Compact ear, 379-Tall,



Sl. No.

Name of the Trial

No. of entries

Checks used Replication No. / Block No. Promising Entries Other Remarks

381-Dwarf 8 F2 20 Population M 35-1, CSV 29R,

BJV-44

9 Inter Institutional Rabi Hybrid Development Programme

20 104A, 401A, M 35-1, CSV 29R R-354, RS-29, M 35-1, CSV-29R

5. Other points regarding the breeding materials:

Sl. No. Hybrid parental lines & varieties maintenance 1. A & B pair lines (No.s) 06 2. Varieties (No.s) 16

Maintenance of A & B lines 1. A & B lines (No.s) 6 & 6

4. Parbhani Executive summary: At Sorghum Research Station, Parbhani, during rabi 2016-17, 9 AICSIP and 05 station trials were conducted. Two state level and two sorghum Physiology trials are also allotted to this research station and are under field evaluation. Seventeen rabi entries developed by this research station were contributed and evaluated in different AICSIP and state level trials.

1. R line development programme Sr. No. Generation No. of crosses evaluated No. of families/singles plant selected 1 F 32 1 Selection is in Progress 2 F 19 (DSR)+ 15 2 Selection is in Progress 3 F 24 3 Selection is in Progress 4 F 18 4 Selection is in Progress 5 F 14 5 Selection is in Progress 6 F 07 6 Selection is in Progress 7 F 02 7 Selection is in Progress

2. B line development programme Sr. No. Generation No. of crosses evaluated No. of families/singles plant selected 1 F 07 2 Selection is in Progress 2 F 12 3 Selection is in Progress 4 F 11 5 Selection is in Progress 5 F 09 6 Selection is in Progress

3. Trait specific lines development Programme:

a) Drought Sr. No. Generation No. of crosses evaluated No. of families/singles plant selected 1 F 09 2 Selection is in Progress 2 F 06 6 Selection is in Progress

b) Shoot fly Sr. No. Generation No. of crosses evaluated No. of families/singles plant selected 1 F 11 3 Selection is in Progress 2 F 06 5 Selection is in Progress

c) CMS Conversion Programme Sr. No. Generation No. of crosses evaluated No. of families/singles plant selected 1 BC-III 08 Selection is in Progress

4. Station hybrid/Varietal trial

Sr. No. Name of trial No. of entries tested Checks used Superior entries 1 UMLT 25 03 (P. Moti, CSV 22R, CSH 15R ) Selection is in progress 2 Preliminary Hybrid Evaluation Trial 21 01 (CSH 15R) 09, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19. 3 Preliminary Varietal Evaluation Trial 19 02 (P. Moti, CSV 22 R) Selection is in progress 4 Evaluation of sorghum land races for

Hurda purpose 10 02 (P. Madhur, Gulbhendi) Selection is in progress

5 Evaluation of sorghum germplasm for yield and yield parameters

38 -- Selection is in progress



5. AICSIP trial Sr. No.

Name of trial No. of entries tested

Checks used

Superior entries

1 IAHT (DS) 15 01 RI: 1016, 1001, 1013, 1002, 1009, 1010, 1012, 1011, 1004. RII: 1060, 1063, 1065, 1057, 1055, 1056, 1058, 1052. RIII:1114, 1101, 1106, 1103, 1113, 1110, 1112, 1102.

2 IAVT (DS) 22 01 RI: 2008, 2001, 2010, 2018, 2012, 2002, 2005, 2004, 2019, 2007, 2023 (Ch.) RII: 2065, 2052, 2063, 2055, 2059, 2069, 2071, 2070, 2068, 2057, 2073 (Ch.). RIII: 2107, 2109, 2106, 2108, 2115, 2102, 2119, 2104, 2101, 2113, 2120, 2111, 2123 (Ch.)

3 PLT 62 -- RI: 140, 133, 126, 132, 159, 160, 149, 162, 157, 154, 120, 125, 118, 152, 105, 128, 135, 144. RII: 256, 260, 220, 261, 259, 232, 245, 228, 251,249, 225, 262, 205. RIII: 314, 355, 344, 332, 362, 354, 359, 341, 320, 357, 326, 318, 325, 346, 351, 345, 303, 349, 305.

4 IIVT 22 -- RI: 322, 313, 302, 317, 305, 316, 311, 312 RII: 347, 331, 348, 333, 350, 336, 341 RIII: 375, 361, 372, 381, 370, 364, 371, 362,377, 374

5 IIHT-I 20 -- RI: 113, 110,101, 119, 111, 108,107, 106,102, 115, 104 RII: 148, 149, 136, 142, 131, 146,150, 135, 140, 133 RIII: 174, 163, 178, 173, 166, 162, 179, 161, 164, 177, 180.

6 IIHT- II 15 -- RI : 212, 211, 214, 207, 201, 213, 204, 206, 208, 205 RII : 234, 227, 223, 228, 230, 225. RIII: 249, 250, 241, 253, 247, 248, 244, 252, 246

7 Evaluation of Rabi Selections 08 -- RI: 503, 504, 506, 501 RII: 528, 523, 522, 525, 524 RII: 528, 523, 522, 525, 524

8 IAVHT-SS 18 -- -- 9 Evaluation and Selection in

F2

19 populations

-- --


Maintenance of A B lines: Kharif: 17 Rabi: 13 No. of Restore lines: Kharif: 25 Rabi: 20 No. of experimental hybrids: Kharif: In Progress Rabi: In Progress No. of Varietal selections: 19

5. Gulbarga Executive summary: Rabi Sorghum improvement was carried out with the objective of development of superior varieties for grain and fodder, early grain type, bold seed type, charcoal rot resistance, shoofly resistance through glossiness and trichome QTL introgression, post flowering drought resistance, high TE- low response to VPD and high water extraction capacity lines. Also, mutation breeding carried out to develop non-lodging sorghum lines. Mutation breeding material developed in collaboration with BRNS was sown at ARS, Gulbarga and ARS Raddewadagi for evaluation. Station trial was carried out at ARS, Gulbarga and found GS-8, 10, 11 found promising compare to CSV-22 and BJV-44. Same entries screened for charcoal rot resistance under pathology trial. MLVT rabi trial was conducted and found three entries MLVT-3, 9 and 10 were fond superior to existing check CSV-22 and BJV-44. Proposal of GS-23: The new variety GS-23 is under 2nd year of farm trial. It has high grain & fodder yield, better grain & roti quality, high protein content than M-35-1, tolerant to charcoal rot disease and resistant to rust. 1. Trait-specific B line development:

Trait Generation No. of crosses evaluated No. of families/single plant selected Grain and fodder F1 12 37 F2 5 18 F3 13 28 F4 13 49 F5 7 11 F6 4 5 F7 7 24 Total 61 172 Stay-green F2 IS 18783 x IS 13809 5 High Wax content F2 IS 13809 x IS 18783 5 Early grain Type F2 5 12 F3 5 18 F4 2 8 F5 4 8 Total 16 46



Trait Generation No. of crosses evaluated No. of families/single plant selected Bold seeded type F1 7 21 F2 3 13 F3 2 25 F5 1 3 F6 1 6 Total 14 68 Charcoal rot resistance F1 1 5 F2 1 8 F3 3 16 F4 2 49 F5 2 17 F6 3 23 Total 11 118 Shoot fly resistance F1 (IS 27036 x DSV-4) 3 F2 (IS 27036 x DSV-4 ) x M-35-

1 8

F3 DG-6514 x M-35-1 3 Total 3 14 Dwarf plants F3 Margret x M-35-1 4 Non-Lodging F3: M4 6 192 M4 8 165 M5 1 20 M6 1 2 Total 16 379 Shoot fly resistance (glossiness and trichome QTL)

F0 9

Post flowering drought tolerance: F0 6 High TE- low response to VPD F0 10 High water extraction capacity F0 10


Sr.no.

Name of trial No. of entries tested

Checks used Superior entries

Sorghum 1 IAVHT-SS Kharif 18 SPV-84, SPV-72 8010,8018,8014 2 MLVT Dharwad(Kh) 15 CSV-27 3, 4, 6 3 MLHT Dharwad(Kh) 13 CSV-27 1,2,6 1 Station trail Rabi 16 CSV-22, BJV-44, M-35-1 GS-8,GS-10,GS-11 2 MLVT Rabi 16 CSV-22, BJV-44, M-35-1 3,9,10 4 IAVT 2016 23 CSV-22, BJV-44, M-35-1 2006,2013,2015 5 IAHT 2016 16 CSV-22, BJV-44, M-35-1 1001,1013,1014 Other trial 1 MLVT ( Bajra) 14 ICTP 8203 1,5,11 2 MLVT ( Foxtail millet) 10 Sia 2644 1,4,6 3 White bajra trail 10 ICTP 8203 1, 5

3. AICSIP trial: 3 trials were conducted


Maintenance of A B lines-1(AKMS 14 A and 14 B) No. of Restorer lines- No. of experimental hybrids- No. of varietal selections- 12

5. Other Important Points: Teaching -1, Field visits: 15

6. Dharwad Executive summary: Six ICAR and five station trials comprising of both hybrids and varieties were conducted with objective to identify superior variety/ hybrid with better grain quality & improved tolerance to shoot fly and charcoal rot without compromising fodder yield. The six entries viz., SPV-2405, SPV-2406, SVD-1325, SVD-1297, SHD-16R and SHD-62R from Dharwad center were contributed to the national trials.



DETAIL REPORT 1. Generation of breeding material:

Sl No. Generation No. of Crosses No. of Selections made 1 F1 85 197 2 F2 66 (Iron & Zinc) 144

50 (Agronomic) 193 22 (IIMR) 92

3 F3 63 280 4 F4 24 146 (Families) 5 F5 4 (DSR) 34 (Families) 6 F6 33 56 (Families)


Maintenance of A B lines-10 No. of Restorer lines- 10 No. of experimental hybrids-10 A x R -24 No. of varietal selections- 33 No. of germplasm lines (comprising of mini core, local land races & germplasm)-425 No. of local land races and advance breeding lines evaluated for rust tolerance-100 Large scale demonstration-8 Hybrid seed multiplication-2

3. Nuclear seed production-

Sl.No. Variety Quantity (kg) 1. SPV-2217 25.00 2. M 148-138 5.00 3. DSV-4 15.00 4. SSV-74 10.00 5. DSV-6 10.00

4. No. of fresh crosses generated-

Sl.No. Crosses Numbers 1. F1 54 s 2. Three way 6 3. Double crosses 10

5. Station hybrid/varietal trial Sl.No. Name of trial No. of entries tested Checks used Superior entries

1 SVT-I 11 M-35-1 SVD-1328 and SVD-1326 2 SVT-II 12 M-35-1 & SPV-2217 SPV-2405 & SPV-2333 3 SHT-I 12 M-35-1 SHD-92R 4 SHT-II 09 M-35-1 & SPV-2217 SPV-2217 5 MLVT 16 M-35-1, SPV-2217 & DSV-4 RARSV-012, RARSV-003 & RARSV-009 6 Large scale demonstration of

promising hybrid & varieties. 8 M-35-1& SPV-2217 SPV-2217 & SPV-2405

6. AICSIP trial:

Sl.no No. of AICSIP trials allotted No. of AICSIP trials successfully conducted 1 IAVT, IAHT, IIVT, IIHT-I, IIHT-II & ERST 5

7. Phaltan In Rabi 2016-17, 12 station trials and two AICSIP breeding trials were conducted. 1. Station trials:

PVT I: trial comprising of 26 entries and 3 checks is being conducted. PVT II: trial comprising of 44 entries and 2 checks is being conducted. PHT I: trial comprising of 42 hybrids, 27 parents and 3 checks is being conducted. R-line evaluation: trial comprising of 18 R-lines, 3 parents and 2 checks is being conducted. B-line evaluation: trial comprising of 24 B-lines and 2 checks is being conducted. F2 generation: 17 families of two crosses are being sown. F4 generation: trial comprising of 29 families, 2 parents and 3 checks is being conducted. Germplasm line maintenance: total 581 germplasm lines have been planted. CMS maintenance: 174 A-B lines are sown for maintenance.



2. AICSIP trials: 2 breeding trials (IAVHT shallow soil and IAVHT SS) were conducted.

8. Surat Trait specific line development programmes for higher grain yield and grain quality and Hurda grain types were undertaken. Four AICRP-sorghum trials were conducted. Several segregating generations were evaluated and individual plant selections were made. 1. Variety development programme Rabi 2016-17 1

F4

56 43 Female Male Rabi high yielding

genotype

BP-53 SR-833 GJ-36 SR-713 CSV 216R Vasudha CSV 22 P. Moti DSV-5

79 68 GJ-38 &

GJ-42 CSV 216R Rabi genotype with grain

quality Nizer Goti BP-53

GJ-36 Nizer Goti BP-53 CSV 216R Nizer Goti BP-53 SR-2865 Nizer Goti BP-53 SR-2865 CSV-23 BP-53 SR-2865 CSV-23

2 F3 254 132 Female Male Grain sorghum: To

develop Rabi genotype GJ-35 SPV-2036 GJ-39 SPV-2287 GJ-40 SPV-2139 GJ-41 CSV-20 CSV-216R Vasudha

107 63 Female Male For grain quality as like

Nizer Goti and BP-53 GJ-35 Nizer Goti GJ-39 BP-53 GJ-40 GJ-41

3 F2 18 123 Develop rabi genotype (From IIMR)

2. Germplasm collection, evaluation and maintenance programme: Total 165 lines (Old: 124, New collection 41) evaluated and from which 142 lines were maintained.

3. Variety development programme- Hudda Sorghum

1 F3 39 12 Female Male To develop Hudda Variety GJ-35 Wani Local

GJ-39 GJ-40 GJ-41

4. Germplasm collection, evaluation and maintenance programme- Hudda Sorghum: Total 15 lines evaluated and 5 single plant selected

Other activities Activity Rahuri Tandur Vijayapura Akola Parbhani Gulbarga Dharwad Phaltan Surat Students guidance 2 - 1 3 4 - - 4 Trainings organized 4 - 2 - 11 - - 3



Publications a) Journal articles

1. Chavan UD, Jagtap YK, Shinde MS, and Patil JV. 2016. Preparation and nutrional quality of sorghum chakali, Int. J. Recent Sci. Res. 7(1) 8404-8411.

2. Nirmal SV, Gadakh SR, Bhoge RS, Dalvi US, and Shinde MS.2016. Evaluation of diverse germplasm for rabi adaptation on medium soil, Int. J. Recent Sci. Res. 5(3).

3. Shinde MS, Patil VR0, Awari VR, Gadakh SR, Chavan UD, Nirmal SV, and Dalvi US. 2016. Phule Rohini (RPASV 3): A Special Rabi Sorghum Variety Suitable for Papad Purpose, Int. J. Sci. Env., 5(3).

4. Shinde MS, Awari VR, Patil VR, Gadakh SR, Dalvi US, Chavan UD, and Nirmal SV. 2016. Phule Madhur (RSSGV-46): A sweet grain rabi sorghum variety for tender grain processing. International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology, 5 (3): 1362 – 1369.

5. Ashok Kumar A, Ravinder Reddy Ch, Belum Reddy, Gadakh SR, Chavan UD, and Kalpande HV. 2016. Innovative seed consortium strengthening the postrainy sorghum seed system in India. Bulletin of the Institute of Medicine (Hyderabad). 4(1):1-12.

6. Chavan UD, Yewale KV, and Dayakar Rao B. 2016. Preparation of bread and cookies from sorghum flour. International Journal of Recent Scientific Research. 7 (5): 11145-11153.

7. Chavan UD, Jagtap YK, Dalvi US, and Patil JV. 2016. Preparation and Nutritional Quality of Sorghum Shankarpali. Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 4 (1): 100-108.

8. Chavan UD, Patil JV, and Shinde MS. 2016. Preparation of value added products: Bread, cookies and chakali using Sorghum-Wheat-Blackgram flours. Beverage and Food World. 37 (10): 53-54.

9. Nirmal SV, Solanke AV, Dudhade UD, Shinde MS, and Gadakh SR. 2016. Response of forage sorghum cultivars to Nitrogen levels. Int. J. Sci., Environment and Tech. 5(4): 2605-2609.

10. Chavan UD, Nirmal SV, Shinde MS, Pawar GH, and Gadakh SR. 2016. Nutritional quality of Advanced sorghum genotypes. Int. J. Recent Sci. Res. 7(8) 13148-13151.

11. Shinde MS, Awari VR, Patil VR, Gadakh SR, Nirmal SV, Dalvi US, and Chavan UD. 2016. Phule Vasundhara(RSSH 50): A sweet sorghum hybrid for ethanol. Advances of Life Science, 5 (23): 10937-10943.

12. Chavan UD, Nirmal SV, Shinde MS, Pawar GH, Gadakh SR, and Dalvi US. 2017. Nutritional quality of hybrid sorghum genotypes. Int. J.microbiol.App.Sci. 6(2):586-592.

13. K.Sujatha, SNCVL Pushpavalli and D. Shivani.2016. Stability of yield and related traits in the land races of rabi sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench). Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 7(3): 620-625

14. K.Sujatha, SNCVL Pushpavalli.2017.Variability and Genetic divergence among the Rabi sorghum germplasm adapted to deep soil situations. Life Sciences International Research Journal 4 (1):110-114

15. P.Satish, C. Sudha Rani and C,Sudhakar.2017. Influence of fertilizer levels on yield attributes,yield and economics of Rabi sorghum genotypes under rainfed conditions. Life Sciences International Research Journal 4 (1):75-77

16. Sujatha K, Pushpavalli SNCVL and Shivani D. Stability of yield and related traits in drought adapted advanced breeding lines of Rabi sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) (Submitted to Electronic journal of plant breeding and is under review)

17. Radamma S, Sajjanar GM and Boranayaka MB. 2016. Inheritance of charcoal rot resistance in rabi sorghum. National seminar on “Recent advances in plant health management for sustainable productivity” held from 15-16, December 2016 at UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka, PP-56.

18. Parameshwarappa SG, Ashvathama VH, Karabhantanal SS, Kadasiddappa M, Boranayaka MB. 2016. Hingari Jolada Utpadana Tantrikategalu AICSIP, RARS, Vijayapur.

19. R. R. Dhutamal, H. V. Kalpande, and A. W. More. 2016. Character association studies in rabi sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.). Research in environment and life sciences, vol. 9 No.3/4.

20. Ambalika K., Choudhari, A. W. More, H. V. Kalpande and D. B. Deosarkar. 2016. Exploitation of heterosis using diverse cytoplasm based male sterile lines in rabi sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Monech.). The bioscan Vol. 11(2): 971-975.

21. A. Khobragade, R.R. Dhutmal, 2016. Influence of canopy temperature on rabi sorghum genotypes under Marathwada condition. Progressive research – An International Journal, 11 : 2191-2193.

22. Sukanya, R, Jayalakshmi, SK, Gururaj Sunkad, Ashwathnaryana DS and Girish, G, 2016, Morphological characterization of isolates of Macrophomina phaseoloina causing charcoal rot of sorghum, Advances in Life Sciences 5(8), Print ISSN 2278-3849, 3081-3084

23. Sukanya, R, Jayalakshmi, SK, Gururaj Sunkad, Ashwathnaryana DS. and Girish, G, 2016, Distribution of sorghum charcoal rot caused by Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. National Journal of Life Sciences Volume 13(1).41-43.

24. Ashok Badigannavar, Girish, G, Ramachandran, V, Ganapathi, 2016. Genotypic variation for seed protein and mineral content among the post rainy season grown sorghum landraces and varieties. The Crop Journal. 4:61-67.

25. Mahantesh, Muniswamy S., Girish G. and Yamanura, 2016, Genetic variability and inter-characters association studies in working collections and elite lines of pigeonpea Green Farming Vol. 7 (2) : 353-356.

26. Girish, G, Kiran, SB, Lokesh, R, Vikas, V Kulkarni, Rachappa, V, Yogesh LN and Talwar, A M, 2016. Stability analysis for yield and its attributing traits in advanced breeding lines of rabi sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench), The Journal of Applied and Natural Science 8 (1):10-15.



27. Girish, G, Kiran, SB, Lokesh, R, Vikas, V Kulkarni, Rachappa, V, Yogesh LN and Talwar, A M 2016, Character association and path analysis in advanced breeding lines of rabi sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench], The Journal of Applied and Natural Science 8 (1 ):35-39.

28. Girish, G, Ashok Badigannavar, Muniswamy, S, Jayalkshmi SK and Patil JR, 2016. Genetic variability and character association studies for root traits and charcoal rot disease in sorghum, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. India, Sect. B Biol. Sci., DOI 10.1007/s40011-016-0735-x.

29. Sukanya, R, Jayalakshmi, SK and Girish, G, 2016, Effect of Temperature and PH levels on growth of Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. Infecting sorghum. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences 8(37): 1768-1770.

30. Sukanya, R, Jayalakshmi, SK, Sreeramulu K and Girish, G, 2016, Estimation of biochemical parameters in sorghum cultivars to charcoal rot [Macrophomina phaseolina (tassi) goid.], Bioscan 11(3): 1449-1454.

31. Ramesh Naik, R., Davda B.K., Patel, A.R., Pathak. V.D., Nagaraju, Y., Bhamini V.P (2016) “Heterosis for yield and its component characters in fodder sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]”. Progressive Research-An International Journal, Vol.11:1972-1978.

32. G. R. Bhanderi, N. V. Radadiya, V. D. Pathak and B. K. Davda (2016) Screening of Different Entries Against Shoot flies and Stem Borer Tolerance In Large Scale Varietal Trial of Grain Sorghum. Journal of Plant Development Sciences, Vol. 8 (7): 315-319.

33. G. R. Bhanderi, Prashant B. Sandipan, N. V. Radadiya and B. K. Davda (2016). To Study the Bioefficacy of Different Fungicides Against the Ergot Disease of Sorghum Caused by Claviceps sp. Under South Gujarat Condition of Gujarat. Multilogic in Science, Vol. VI, ISSUE XVI: 28-31.

b) Books and chapters Book-

1. Sorghum Research at MPKV (44 Years: 1973-1977)., Rahuri in English and Marathi 2. Jawar Lagwad Tantradyan V Vyavasthapan (In Marathi). Dr. H. V. Kalpande, Dr. D. P. Waskar, Director Research and et. al.

PP. 44 ISBN No. 978-93-8192-51-7 Book Chapter

1. Ratnavathi CV, and Chavan UD. 2016. Sorghum Syrup and other by products. In: Sorghum Biochemistry: An Industrial Perspective. Oxford: Academic Press, pp. 253-310. ISBN: 978-0-12-809157-5.

2. Ratnavathi CV, Komala VV, and Chavan UD. 2016. Mycotoxin. Contamination in Sorghum. In: Sorghum Biochemistry: An Industrial Perspective. Oxford: Academic Press, pp. 107-180. ISBN: 978-0-12-809157-5.

3. Ratnavathi CV, and Chavan UD. 2016. Malting and Brewing of Sorghum. In: Sorghum Biochemistry: An Industrial Perspective. Oxford: Academic Press, pp. 63-106. ISBN: 978-0-12-809157-5.

c) Technical bulletin 1. Gadakh SR, Shinde MS, Patil VR, Awari VR, Chavan UD, and Dalvi US. 2016. RPASV: 3 A Special Rabi Sorghum Genotype

Suitable for Papad Poster presented at National Conference on Genetics and Cytogenetics (NCGC-2016) at UAS, Dharwad on 01 to 03 February, 2016 (Theme 3: Achievement of conventional plant breeding in current scenario), Souvenir and Abstracts PP 181.

2. Awari VR, Shinde MS, Patil VR, Gadakh SR, Chavan UD, Nirmal SV, and Dalvi US. 2016. RSSGV 46 : A Sweet Grain Rabi Sorghum Genotype Suitable for Tender Grain Processing Poster presented at National Conference on Genetics and Cytogenetics (NCGC-2016) at UAS, Dharwad on 01 to 03 February, 2016 (Theme 3 : Achivement of conventional plant breeding in current scenario), Souvenir and Abstracts PP 181

3. Shinde MS, Gadakh SR, Patil VR, Awari VR, Chavan UD, and Dalvi US. 2016. RSSH 50 : A Sweet Sorghum Hybrid Suitable for Ethanol. Poster presented at National Conference on Genetics and Cytogenetics (NCGC-2016) at UAS, Dharwad on 01 to 03 February, 2016 (Theme 3 : Achivement of conventional plant breeding in current scenario), Souvenir and Abstracts PP 182.

4. Patil VR, Gadakh SR, Shinde MS, Awari VR, Chavan UD, and Dalvi US. 2016. Stability analysis for grain and fodder in rabi sorghum. Poster presented at National Conference on Genetics and Cytogenetics (NCGC-2016) at UAS, Dharwad on 01 to 03 February, 2016 (Theme 3 : Achivement of conventional plant breeding in current scenario), Souvenir and Abstracts PP 183.

5. Chavan UD, Gadakh SR, Pawar PH, Shinde MS, and Dalvi US. 2016. Screening of sweet sorghum genotype for efficient ethanol production. Poster presented at National Conference on Genetics and Cytogenetics (NCGC-2016) at UAS, Dharwad on 01 to 03 February, 2016 (Theme 3 : Achivement of conventional plant breeding in current scenario), Souvenir and Abstracts PP 154.

6. Chavan UD, Gadakh SR, Pawar PH, Shinde MS, and Dalvi US. 2016. Screening of sorghum genotype for roti making and nutritional quality. Poster presented at National Conference on Genetics and Cytogenetics (NCGC-2016) at UAS, Dharwad on 01 to 03 February, 2016 (Theme 3 : Achievement of conventional plant breeding in current scenario), Souvenir and Abstracts PP 197.

7. Kute NS, Patil VR, and Gadakh SR. Inheritance of grain yield and its components in rabi sorghum. Poster presented at National Conference on Genetics and Cytogenetics (NCGC-2016) at UAS, Dharwad on 01 to 03 February, 2016 (Theme 3: Achievement of conventional plant breeding in current scenario), Souvenir and Abstracts PP 53.

d) Popular articles 1. Gadakh S.R and Shinde M.S. (2016) Garib Jwariche Bharjaripan 2. Gadakh S.R and Shinde M.S., Patil V.R., Awari V.R (2016) Sudharit Tantradnyanatun vadel Jwari Utpadan



3. Chavan UD, Pawar GH, Gadakh S.R and Shinde M.S. (2016) Jwari Prakriya Ek Laghuudyog 4. Gadakh S.R and Shinde M.S., Patil V.R., Awari V.R (2016) Rabi Jwarisathi Uplabdha panyacha Karyaksham vapar 5. Gadakh SR (2016) Sadecharshe hectarvar Vasudhache Bijotpadan 6. Gadakh SR (2016) Rabi Jwari Biyane Purvinar : Dr Vishvanatha 7. Chavan UD, Pawar GH, Gadakh S.R and Shinde M.S. (2016) Sudharit Tantradnyan rabi Jwari Lagwad 8. Gadakh SR (2016) Kordvahu Kshetrat Jwariche Bhrghos Bijotpadan 9. Shinde M.S. (2016) Rabi Jwari Peek Lagwadiche Panchsutri- Mulakhat 10. P.Satish Dr.C.Sudha Rani, Dr.C.Sudhakar and Dr.K.Sujatha. Rabi jonna sagulo adhika digubadulaku yajamanya

paddatulu. Vyavasayam. October 2016 11. P.Satish Dr.C.Sudha Rani, and Dr.K.Sujatha. Zero tillage padhatilo jonna sagulo adhika digubadiki suchanalu.

Vyavasayam. December 2016 12. P.Satish and Dr.K.Sujatha. Jonna panta saguni pariseelinchina sastravettalu.Andhra Jyoti, January 2017. 13. Rabi Jwari Adarsh vyavsthapanatun pikwa Motyasarkhe Adhik Dhanya va Janavaransathi sakas Chara. University

calendar 2017. Dr. H. V. Kalpande, Prof. Ambika More and DR. D. P .Waskar 14. Jwarivaril Mava Niyantran Vyavasthapan. Dr. Ilyas, P. P. Ambilwade and Dr. H. V. Kalpande. Sakal Agrowan

Newspaper. 18th Jan. 2017. P. P. 11. 15. Tatkal Kara Unhali Jwarichi Perni. Dr. S. S. Ambekar, Dr. H. V. Kalpande and R. L. Aundhekar. Sakal Agrowan

Newspaper. 24th Jan. 2017. P. P. 11. 16. Rabi Jwarivar Yenarya Roganche Lakshane, Nuksan va Vyavsthapan. Dr. Gholve, Dr. Dr. Kalpande and Dr. Ilyas.

Shetibhati University Magzine. Dec. 2016. PP. 12-14. 17. Jwarivar Thand Havamanamule Mava Kid Pradhurbhavachi Shakyata. Mr. Ambilwade, Dr. H. V. Kalpande and R. L.

Aundhekar Sakal Agrowan P. P. 11. 18. Rabi Jwari : Khodmashiche Akatmik Vyavasthapan. Dr. H. V. Kalpande and R. L. Aundhekar. Krishi Vichar Magzine PP.

34 Dec. 2016. 19. Yogya Paus Padtach Kara Jwarichi Perni. Dr. H. V. Kalpande, Prof. Ambika More and R. L. Aundhekar. Agrowan Sakal

News Paper 10th June 2016. PP. 11. 20. Jwari Salla. Sakal Agrowan News Paper 17th Oct. 2016. PP. Dr. V. M. Gholve and Dr. H. V. Kalpande. Sakal

Agrowan News Paper 17th Oct. 2016. PP. 11. 21. Sudharit Tantradnyanadware vadhava Kharif Jwariche Utpadan. Dr. H. V. Kalpande, Prof. Ambika More and R. L.

Aundhekar. Shetikari Magzine PP. 7 June 2016. 22. Sankatkalin Kharipat Parbhani Shweta Jwaricha Adhar. Sakal Agrowan PP. 8. 18th June 2016. 23. Kalaria, R. K., Patel, H. V. and Patel Madhu (2016). “Impact of Biotechnology in integrated pest management”, Reader

shelf, 12(5) February:21-23. 24. Kalaria, R. K., Patel Madhu. and Patel, H. V (2016). “Nanotechnology in insect pest management”, Reader shelf, 12(7)

April:51-52. 25. Kalaria, R. K., Patel Madhu. and Patel, H. V (2016). “Impact of Nanotechnology in precise farming”, Reader shelf, 12(10)

July:31-32. 26. Kalaria, R. K., Patel Madhu. and Patel, H. V (2016). “Impact of Nanotechnology in Agricultural field”, Reader shelf, 13(1)

July:20-21. 27. Kalaria, R. K., Patel, H. V and Patel Madhu (2016). “Swar: A Technology that sustain Agriculture”, Reader shelf, 13(3)

Decemder:26-28 e) Poster

1. K.Sujatha, SNCVL Pushpavalli.2017. Oral presentation on Variability and Genetic divergence among the Rabi sorghum germplasm adapted to deep soil situations. Proceedings of the International conference on recent trends in Agriculture, veterinary and Life Sciences held at Goa from Feb2-4. 2017.

2. P.Satish, C. Sudha Rani and C,Sudhakar. 2017. Oral presentation on Influence of fertilizer levels on yield attributes,yield and economics of Rabi sorghum genotypes under rainfed conditions. Proceedings of the International conference on recent trends in Agriculture, veterinary and Life Sciences held at Goa from Feb2-4. 2017.

3. P.Satish, C.Sudha Rani and C.Sudhakar .2016. Poster presented on Influence of Different Sowing windows on growth and yield of Rabi Sorghum genotypes. Fourth International Agronomy Congress held at New Delhi from 22 to 26 November 2016.

f) Folders 1. Jolladhalli baruva pramuka Rogagalu mathu avugala nirvhanhe kramagalu, 2016, S.K. Jayalakshmi, G. Girish, Zaheer

Ahmed and Dayanand Mahaling. 2. Rabi Jawar : Khodmashiche Akatmik Vyavasthapn Dr. H. V. Kalpande et.al. 3. Production Technology of Rabi Sorghum Dr. H. V. Kalpande et.al. 4. Rabi Jowar Sudharit lagvad Tantradyan Dr. H. V. Kalpande et. al. 5. Jwarivaril Rog V Tyanche vavsthapan . Dr. H. V. Kalpande et. al. 6. Jwarivaril Kidi V Tyanche Vavsthapan. Dr. H. V. Kalpande et. Al 7. Davda B. K., Patel M. I., Pathak V.D. and Jalandra A. R. “Gujarat mate danani juvaarnee sudhareli jaato.” 2016-17 8. Davda B. K., Patel M. I., Pathak V.D. and Parekh B. M. “Gujarat mate ghasacharani juvaarnee sudhareli jaato.” 2016-17 9. Davda B. K., Trivedi S. J. Saini L. H. and Jalandra A. R “Kharif rutu mate danani juvarni sudhareli kheti paddhati.” 2016-17 10. Davda B. K., Trivedi S. J. Saini L. H. and Parekh B. V. “Kharif rutu mate ghasacharani juvarni sudhareli kheti paddhati.”

2016-17 11. Davda B. K., Radadiya N. V., Patel M.I. and Vagh P. D. “Juvar na rogo ane tenu niyantran.” 2016-17 12. Davda B. K., Radadiya N. V., Patel M.I. and Turner R. B.”Juvar ni jivato ane tenu niyantran.” 2016-17

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