Biofortified nutri cereal pearl millet hybrid GHB 1225 (Moti Shakti)
Author(s): KD Mungra, SK Parmar, JS Sorathiya, SN Galani and RJ Chaudhari
Abstract: The late maturing dual purpose biofortified pearl millet hybrid GHB 1225 (Moti Shakti) developed by pearl millet research station, Junagadh Agricultural University, Jamnagar (Gujarat) from the cross combination of ICMA1 98222 × J-2591 and released it at the state level for kharif season cultivation. This hybrid has been tested against national and state level recommended yield and biofortified checks from 2016 to 2018 during rainy season across the different testing location of Gujarat. It has given higher average grain yield over presently recommended relevant group check hybrid GHB-558 (22.98%), latest relevant group hybrid GHB-732 (10.74%) and private sector relevant group check hybrid Proagro 94444 (8.18%) during kharif season. It has also recorded 21.1% and 17.4% higher dry fodder yield over relevant checks GHB-558 and GHB-732, respectively and 12.1% higher dry fodder yield over private sector late type check Proagro 9444 during kharif season. Additionally, the grain of this hybrid contains average 76 ppm and 46 ppm essential micronutrients Iron (Fe) and Zinc (Zn) which is higher over all the public and private sector check and comparable with biofortified check variety Dhanshakti. In comparison to all the checks over the testing period, GHB 1225 has resistance capacity against downy mildew, blast and rust diseases.
