Assessing forage potential of the global collection of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) conserved at the ICRISAT genebank

Finger millet is an important drought-tolerant and grain-nutrient dense food crop grown in semi-arid regions in Asia and Africa. The forage is used as a source of dry roughage for feeding livestock. In this study, the finger millet diversity panel (310 accessions and four controls) representing the...

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Autores principales: Backiyalakshmi, C., Babu, C, Reddy, D.N., Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar, Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V., Azevedo, V.C.R., Vetriventhan, M.
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114964
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author Backiyalakshmi, C.
Babu, C,
Reddy, D.N.
Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar
Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V.
Azevedo, V.C.R.
Vetriventhan, M.
author_browse Azevedo, V.C.R.
Babu, C,
Backiyalakshmi, C.
Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V.
Reddy, D.N.
Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar
Vetriventhan, M.
author_facet Backiyalakshmi, C.
Babu, C,
Reddy, D.N.
Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar
Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V.
Azevedo, V.C.R.
Vetriventhan, M.
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description Finger millet is an important drought-tolerant and grain-nutrient dense food crop grown in semi-arid regions in Asia and Africa. The forage is used as a source of dry roughage for feeding livestock. In this study, the finger millet diversity panel (310 accessions and four controls) representing the global collection of the finger millet germplasm conserved at the ICRISAT genebank was assessed for forage quality and diversity in the years 2018 and 2019. Results of the study suggested that finger millet can generate stover yield ranging from 2890 to 10,779 kg ha−1. Finger millet forage contained 6.47% to 8.15% of crude protein, >90% of dry matter content, 11.47% to 14.17% of ash content, 62.36% to 67.73% of neutral detergent fiber (NDF), 33.07% to 38.37% of acid detergent fiber (ADF), 3.95% to 4.80% of acid detergent lignin (ADL), 6.18% to 6.89% of metabolizable energy (ME) and 45.21% to 49.09% of in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD) with the grain yield of 810 to 3698 kg ha−1 at maturity stage. The per se performance between the races, regions, and biological status has been performed and differed significantly for important traits. The 314 accessions were grouped into five clusters based on the performance for food-feed traits. Except for crude protein, there was a positive relationship between forage quality-positive traits and grain yield, indicating that agronomic and forage quality traits could be improved simultaneously. The top 10 promising accessions for important forage quality traits and accessions with multiple forage quality traits were identified. This study provides a detailed understanding of the variability that exists in forage quality traits in crop residues and their association with agronomic traits in the finger millet germplasm. The identified top-performing accessions would be the key genetic resources for developing dual-purpose cultivars and the information from this study will be useful for future finger millet food-feed trait improvement.
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spelling CGSpace1149642023-12-08T19:36:04Z Assessing forage potential of the global collection of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) conserved at the ICRISAT genebank Backiyalakshmi, C. Babu, C, Reddy, D.N. Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V. Azevedo, V.C.R. Vetriventhan, M. millets crops forage animal feeding Finger millet is an important drought-tolerant and grain-nutrient dense food crop grown in semi-arid regions in Asia and Africa. The forage is used as a source of dry roughage for feeding livestock. In this study, the finger millet diversity panel (310 accessions and four controls) representing the global collection of the finger millet germplasm conserved at the ICRISAT genebank was assessed for forage quality and diversity in the years 2018 and 2019. Results of the study suggested that finger millet can generate stover yield ranging from 2890 to 10,779 kg ha−1. Finger millet forage contained 6.47% to 8.15% of crude protein, >90% of dry matter content, 11.47% to 14.17% of ash content, 62.36% to 67.73% of neutral detergent fiber (NDF), 33.07% to 38.37% of acid detergent fiber (ADF), 3.95% to 4.80% of acid detergent lignin (ADL), 6.18% to 6.89% of metabolizable energy (ME) and 45.21% to 49.09% of in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD) with the grain yield of 810 to 3698 kg ha−1 at maturity stage. The per se performance between the races, regions, and biological status has been performed and differed significantly for important traits. The 314 accessions were grouped into five clusters based on the performance for food-feed traits. Except for crude protein, there was a positive relationship between forage quality-positive traits and grain yield, indicating that agronomic and forage quality traits could be improved simultaneously. The top 10 promising accessions for important forage quality traits and accessions with multiple forage quality traits were identified. This study provides a detailed understanding of the variability that exists in forage quality traits in crop residues and their association with agronomic traits in the finger millet germplasm. The identified top-performing accessions would be the key genetic resources for developing dual-purpose cultivars and the information from this study will be useful for future finger millet food-feed trait improvement. 2021-09-01 2021-09-14T09:21:42Z 2021-09-14T09:21:42Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114964 en Open Access MDPI Backiyalakshmi, C., Babu, C, Reddy, D.N., Padmakumar, V.P., Prasad, K.V.S.V., Azevedo, V.C.R. and Vetriventhan, M. 2021. Assessing forage potential of the global collection of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) conserved at the ICRISAT genebank. Agronomy 11(9):1706.
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crops
forage
animal feeding
Backiyalakshmi, C.
Babu, C,
Reddy, D.N.
Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar
Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V.
Azevedo, V.C.R.
Vetriventhan, M.
Assessing forage potential of the global collection of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) conserved at the ICRISAT genebank
title Assessing forage potential of the global collection of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) conserved at the ICRISAT genebank
title_full Assessing forage potential of the global collection of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) conserved at the ICRISAT genebank
title_fullStr Assessing forage potential of the global collection of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) conserved at the ICRISAT genebank
title_full_unstemmed Assessing forage potential of the global collection of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) conserved at the ICRISAT genebank
title_short Assessing forage potential of the global collection of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) conserved at the ICRISAT genebank
title_sort assessing forage potential of the global collection of finger millet eleusine coracana l gaertn conserved at the icrisat genebank
topic millets
crops
forage
animal feeding
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114964
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