AICRP on Small Millets

Year of Establishment: 2002

About the Scheme

The All India Coordinated Research Project on Small Millets (AICRP-Small Millets) is a national research programme,it was established during the year 2002 and coordinated by the Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).

The project focuses the research on seven important small millets such as:Finger millet (Ragi),Foxtail millet ,Barnyard millet,Littlemillet,Prosomillet,Kodo millet and Browntopmillet.

It operates through research centres located in State Agricultural Universities and ICAR institutes across India.

In Karnataka, the programme is strongly linked with the dryland farming systems of Zone 6 (Southern Dry Zone), where finger millet and other hardy millets are important climate-resilient crops.

Breeding Programme

• Collection,evaluation and conservation of Plant Genetic Resources of small millets for breeding programme
• Development/ identification of suitable high yielding,disease and pest resistant varieties for different seasons and agro-climatic situations.
• MAS of high yielding early , medium and long duration small millet varieties suitable for the zone
• Maintenance breeding of released finger millet varieties

Facilities and Conservation of Germplasm

• Having well developed fertile land with irrigation sources, laboratory and green house for conducting research on crop improvement, crop production and crop protection activities

Crop Production Technologies

• to evaluate improved nutrient, cropping system and weed management practices in small millets.

Technologies on IPM

• Seed treatment with Tricyclazole 75 WP @ 3g/kg or Tebuconazole 50% + Trifloxystrobin 25% WG @ 1g/kg of seed for the management of nursery blast in finger millet
• Soil application of Trichodermaviride and Pseudomonas flourescens bio- agents talc formulations 500 g each along with value added compost 25-30 kg mixed well incubated for 15 days and apply at the time of sowing/planting for the management of foot rot disease in finger millet
• Seedling root with Trichodermaviride and Pseudomonas flourescens each @5g per litre followed by soil application of Trichodermaviride and Pseudomonas flourescens bio- agents talc formulations 500 g each along with value added compost 25-30 kg mixed well incubated for 15 days and apply at the time of sowing/planting for the management of foot rot disease in finger millet
• Seed treatment with Chitoson@2g/kg followed by spraying of Pseudomonas flourescens talc formulation 10g /L@ flowering as well as the grain filling stage for the management of blast disease
• Seed treatment with Pseudomonas flouresenstalc formulation10g/kg of seed followed by spaying of combi fungicide Trycyclazole18%+Mancozeb 62%@ 0.5g/L of water at the time of flowering and second spry based on severity 10-15 days later for the effective management of neck and finger blast disease in finger millet
• Seed treatment with Pseudomonas flouresens@10g/L followed by spraying of Tryclazole+ Mancozeb @0.5g/L at the time of flowering seond spray 10-15 days later for the management of blast disease in finger millet
• Seed treatment with Pseudomonas flourescens @ 10g/L+ Azoxystrobin 23%SC@iml/L 40-45DAS followed by Pseudomonas flourescens talc formulation spray@10 g/L after 50-55 DAS was found effective for management of foxtail millet rust.
• Spraying of Propiconazole 25% EC@ 1 ml/L 35-40 DAS when leaf blight symptomps noticed was effective in regucing leaf blight of browntop millet
• Seed treatment with Arka microbial consortia 10g /kg of seed followed by spraying of Arka microbial consortia10g/L @15 to 20DAS followed by second spray 10 days later based on the disease severity for the management of Foxtail millet blast

Collaborations

• Indian Institute of Millet Research,Hyderabad
• Nation Breau of Gentic resources (NBPGR,New Delhi)
• PC,Unit, AICRP On small millets,GKVK,Bangalore

Awards / Accomplishments

• Received best AICRP centre award during -2017 at annual group meeting of AICRP on Small millets held at UAS, Bengaluru

Other Activities

• Evaluation of larger population of NBPGR finger millet genotypes for blast resistance
• Maintained blast disease resistant donors being continuously evaluated for further confirmation of resistance
• Identified bacterial endophytes against foot rot disease will be utilizing for field management

Ruling Varieties/Hybrids

• MR-6
• Indaf-9
• Indaf-7
• KMR-301
• KMR-316

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