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Volume 4, Issue 3 (Suppl) Adv Crop Sci Tech
ISSN: 2329-8863 ACST, an open access journal
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Plant Genomics 2016
July 14-15, 2016
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July 14-15, 2016 Brisbane, Australia
4th International Conference on Plant Genomics
Translating advances in pearl millet genomics to farmer preferred cultivars
Rakesh K Srivastava
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India
Pearl millet is one of the most climate resilient cereals. It is grown in marginal and dry areas of the world with poor soil fertility,
low moisture holding capacity in subsistence agriculture. It forms critical food, nutrition and livelihood support for the millions
of poor living in Africa, Asia and other parts of the world. Pearl millet is one of the cereals which received poor attention towards
generation of genetic and genomic resources in the past. However, lately a lot of efforts have been made in trait discovery, mapping
and deployment of some key traits. One successful example is HHB 67 Improved, which is the first marker-assisted breeding product
in India and is gown in more than 750,000 ha every year. In pearl millet more than 20 pairs of mapping population have been
generated, segregating for an array of traits of economic interest. In addition, a world association mapping panel called PMiGAP,
chromosome segment substitution lines (CSSLs), TILLING population have been developed. Recently, at ICRISAT the whole genome
sequencing of a pearl millet reference line Tift23D2B1P1-P5 has been completed, along with re-sequencing of about 1,000 accessions
consisting of wild and cultivated germplasm and breeding lines. By virtue of available genetic maps, QTL locations and effects, the
pearl millet community is strongly placed for mining genes and gene networks for an array of traits. The genome sequence will help us
utilize various reverse genetics tools, carry our genome-wide association studies (GWAS), genomic selection (GS) leading to efficient
cultivar development.
Biography
Rakesh K Srivastava has obtained his PhD from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) New Delhi, India. He currently leads the pearl millet genomics
team at ICRISAT, India. He is extensively involved in generation of various genetic and genomic resources, mining, mapping and deployment of QTLs/genes for
various biotic, abiotic, grain and fodder quality traits in collaboration with the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) in pearl millet. He has contributed
significantly towards the international whole genome sequencing for pearl millet involving world reference germplasm and entire association mapping panel. He is
actively involved in various capacity building programs for NARS.
Rakesh K Srivastava, Adv Crop Sci Tech 2016, 4:3 (Suppl)