Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Collection and Characterization of Indian Sorghum Landraces

  • Author: M Elangovan, Prabhakar, Vilas A Tonapi, D Chandra Sekhara Reddy

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Effect of Wheat Parent and Embryo Age on Haploid Formation in Wheat x Maize Crosses

  • Author: Navneeta Bharadvaja, Mukta Sirohi, VK Khanna

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Trypsin and Chymotrypsin Proteinase Inhibitors from Cereal Seed Extracts

  • Author: S Ramesh Babu, B Subrahmanyam

• Screening of Soil for Lead-Tolerant Fungi

  • Author: Shilpi Sen, MU Charaya, PB Singh

• Variability and Cluster Analysis of Morphological, Fodder and Seed Yield Attributes of Cowpea Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp; Germplasm for Identification of Donor Sources

  • Author: Gitanjali Sahai, DR Malaviya, UP Singh, GP Shukla

• Exploration and Collection of Crop Germplasm from Eastern Parts of Arunachal Pradesh

  • Author: SK Singh, U Barua, DK Hore, AK Misra

• Developing Core Set in Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) with Limited Traits

  • Author: Gunjeet Kumar, RK Mahajan, RL Sapra, KK Gangopadhyay, BL Meena, SK Tiwari, SK Mishra, SK Sharma

• Genetic Variation for Seed Proteins in Cultivated and Wild Species of Pigeonpea

  • Author: Lokesh Kumar Gangwar, GC Bajpai, SA Kerkhi, Pooran Chand

• Farmer's Criteria for Naming Crop Varieties: A Case on Rice Varieties in Kumaon Himalaya of Uttarakhand

  • Author: PS Mehta, RS Rathi, KS Negi, SN Ojha

• Combining Ability Studies in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) under Salinity Condition

  • Author: Jagesh Kumar, AD Munshi, Ravinder Kumar, Amish K Sureja

• Interception of Scale Insects and Mite Pests in Imported Vegetative Germplasm during 2007–08

  • Author: Kavita Gupta, Shashi Bhalla, Beche Lal, Manju Lata Kapur, Charan Singh, Ruquaeya Bano, RK Khetarpal

• Evaluation and Identification of Suitable Maize Cultivars for Baby Corn Productivity Traits

  • Author: Surender K Chauhan, Jitendra Mohan, Sain Dass, RN Gadag

• Genetic Divergence for Yield Contributing Traits in Winged Bean [Psophocarpus tetragonolobus L. (DC)]

  • Author: CS Mahto, RP Dua

• Status of Genetic Resources of Forage Crops in India: A Review

  • Author: Vandana Joshi, Vandana Tyagi, Anjali Kak, Arjun Lal

• Heterosis and Combining Ability Studies for Oil and Protein Content in Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill]

  • Author: SC Sharma, SR Maloo

• Genetic Diversity and Phylogenetic Relationship Among Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] Varieties Based on Protein, Evolutionary and Morphological Markers

  • Author: SC Sharma, SR Maloo

• Yucca gloriosa L. (Agavaceae) - A Potential Ornamental Plant in India

  • Author: Rita Gupta, E Roshini Nayar, Anjula Pandey, DC Bhandari

• Standardization of Callus Induction and Shoot Regeneration in Twelve Species of Dioscorea

  • Author: KI Asha, GM Nair

• RESEARCH NOTE

  ARC 15831 (IC567515; INGR09001), a Rice (Oryza sativa) Germplasm with Resistance to Rice Gall Midge Biotype 1, 2, 3, 4 and 4 M

• INRC 3021 (IC567516; INGR09002), a Rice (Oryza sativa) Germplasm with Resistance to Rice Gall Midge Biotype 1, 2, 3, 4 and 4 M

• INRC 202 (IC567517; INGR09003), a Rice (Oryza sativa) Germplasm with Resistance to Rice Gall Midge Biotype 1, 2, 3, 4 and 4 M

• Aganni (IC567518; INGR09004), a Rice (Oryza sativa) Germplasm with Resistance to Rice Gall Midge Biotype 1, 2, 3, 4 and 4 M

• HS-492 (IC566223; INGR09005), a Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Germplasm Resistant Against all the Pathotypes of Leaf Rust

  • Author: Sanjay Kumar, Dharam Pal, DK Bhatnagar, Rashmi Bhatnagar

• PHSL-5 (IC566633; INGR09006), a Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Germplasm with Bold Seed

  • Author: SK Singh, Nvpr Ganga Rao, Jag Shoran, Ravish Chatrath, BS Tyagi, Gyanendra Singh, B Mishra

• PHSL-10 (IC566634; INGR09007), a Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Germplasm with High 1000– Grain Weight

  • Author: SK Singh, Nvpr Ganga Rao, Jag Shoran, Ravish Chatrath, BS Tyagi, Gyanendra Singh, B Mishra

• PHSL-11 (IC566635; INGR09008), a Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Germplasm with High 1000– Grain Weight

  • Author: SK Singh, Nvpr Ganga Rao, Jag Shoran, Ravish Chatrath, BS Tyagi, Gyanendra Singh, B Mishra

• PHR-1011 (IC566636; INGR09009), a Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Germplasm with High Protein Content

  • Author: SK Singh, Nvpr Ganga Rao, Jag Shoran, R Chatrath, Ratan Tiwari, D Mohan, B Mishra

• LBRL-11 (IC566637; INGR09010), a Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Germplasm with Resistance to Leaf Blight

  • Author: Gyanendra Singh, Ravish Chatrath, Jag Shoran, DP Singh, BS Tyagi, SK Singh, B Mishra

• LBRL-13 (IC566638; INGR09011), a Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Germplasm with Resistance to Leaf Blight

  • Author: Gyanendra Singh, Ravish Chatrath, Jag Shoran, DP Singh, BS Tyagi, SK Singh, B Mishra

• VQL 3 (IC568701; INGR09012), a Maize (Zea maize L.) Germplasm, a High Tryptophan Coupled with Reasonably High Protein Content

  • Author: HS Gupta, PK Agrawal, B Kalyana Babu, Vinay Mahajan, S Saha, GS Bisht, MC Pant

• VQL 8 (IC568703; INGR09013), a Maize (Zea maize L.) Germplasm, a High Tryptophan Coupled with Reasonably High Protein Content

  • Author: HS Gupta, PK Agrawal, B Kalyana Babu, Vinay Mahajan, S Saha, GS Bisht, MC Pant

• VQL 12 (IC568706; INGR09014), a Maize (Zea maize L.) Germplasm, a High Tryptophan Coupled with Reasonably High Protein Content

  • Author: HS Gupta, PK Agrawal, B Kalyana Babu, Vinay Mahajan, S Saha, GS Bisht, MC Pant

• VQL 16 (IC569174; INGR09015), a Maize (Zea maize L.) Germplasm, a High Tryptophan Coupled with Reasonably High Protein Content

  • Author: HS Gupta, PK Agrawal, B Kalyana Babu, Vinay Mahajan, S Saha, GS Bisht, MC Pant

• VQL 30 (IC569176; INGR09016), a Maize (Zea maize L.) Germplasm, a High Tryptophan Coupled with Reasonably High Protein Content

  • Author: HS Gupta, PK Agrawal, B Kalyana Babu, Vinay Mahajan, S Saha, GS Bisht, MC Pant

• SPV 1742 (IC565017; INGR09017), a Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] Germplasm, Good Roti and Dough Making Qualities

  • Author: M Elangovan, UD Chavan, VR Bhagwat, TG Nageswararao, B Venkatesh Bhat, CV Ratnavathi

• MS Line 126A and B (IC567687 and IC567688; INGR09018), Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] Germplasm, a Source of Male Sterility

  • Author: S Audilakshmi, C Aruna, N Seetharama

• MS Line 91A and B (IC567689 and IC567690; INGR09019), Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] Germplasm, a Source of Male Sterility

  • Author: S Audilakshmi, C Aruna, N Seetharama

• MS Line 356A and B (IC567691 and IC567692; INGR09020), Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench] Germplasm, a Source of Male Sterility

  • Author: S Audilakshmi, C Aruna, N Seetharama

• MS Line 288A and B (IC567693 and IC567694; INGR09021), Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] Germplasm, a Source of Male Sterility

  • Author: S Audilakshmi, C Aruna, N Seetharama

• MS Line 45A and B (IC567695 and IC567696; INGR09022), Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] Germplasm, a Source of Male Sterility

  • Author: S Audilakshmi, C Aruna, N Seetharama

• Kagazi madira (B 29) (IC568707; INGR09023), a Barnyard millet (Echinochloa frumentacea) Germplasm, Easy De-hulling Type

  • Author: Arun Gupta, Vinay Mahajan, HS Gupta, KP Singh, GS Bisht

• GT-289 (IC565832; INGR09024), a Pigeon Pea [Cajanu cajan (L.) Millsp] CGMS Line

  • Author: S Acharya, JB Patel, SBS Tikka

• 25.GT-308A (IC565833; INGR09025), a Pigeon Pea [Cajanu cajan (L.) Millsp] CGMS Line

  • Author: S Acharya, JB Patel, SBS Tikka

• GT-310A (IC565834; INGR09026), a Pigeon Pea [Cajanu cajan (L.) Millsp] CGMS Line

  • Author: S Acharya, JB Patel, SBS Tikka

• GT-501A (IC565835; INGR09027), a Pigeon pea [Cajanu cajan (L.) Millsp] CGMS Line

  • Author: S Acharya, JB Patel, SBS Tikka

• GT-505A (IC565836; INGR09028), a Pigeon Pea [Cajanu cajan (L.) Millsp] CGMS Line

  • Author: S Acharya, JB Patel, SBS Tikka

• GTR-7 (IC565837; INGR09029), a Pigeon Pea [Cajanu cajan (L.) Millsp] Fertility Restorer Line

  • Author: S Acharya, JB Patel, SBS Tikka

• GTR-35 (IC565838; INGR09030), a Pigeon Pea [Cajanu cajan (L.) Millsp] Fertility Restorer Line

  • Author: S Acharya, JB Patel, SBS Tikka

• GTR-42 (IC565839; INGR09031), a Pigeon Pea [Cajanu cajan (L.) Millsp] Fertility Restorer Line

  • Author: S Acharya, JB Patel, SBS Tikka

• GTR-43 (IC565840; INGR09032), a Pigeon Pea [Cajanu cajan (L.) Millsp] Fertility Restorer Line

  • Author: S Acharya, JB Patel, SBS Tikka

• GTR-55 (IC565841; INGR09033), a Pigeon Pea [Cajanu cajan (L.) Millsp] Germplasm, a Fertility Restorer

  • Author: S Acharya, JB Patel, SBS Tikka

• MUB-4 (IC557433; INGR09034), a Black Gram (Vigna mungo L. Hepper) Mutant with Shining Yellow Seeds

  • Author: AK Sharma

• RG 2787 (IC374319; INGR09035), a Castor (Ricinus communis L.) Germplasm, a Source of Multiple Resistance

  • Author: K Anjani, MA Raoof

• FC and RI-HC 32 (IC566227; INGR09036), a Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) Germplasm, a Brownish Purple Colour Fruit

  • Author: KT Parthiban, M Govinda Rao, K Krishaveni, N Natarajan, P Thiyagarajan, R Senthil Kumar, V Subbulakshmi

• FC and RI-HC 21 (IC566228; INGR09037), a Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) Germplasm, Oblong Fruit

  • Author: KT Parthiban, M Govinda Rao, K Krishaveni, N Natarajan, P Thiyagarajan, R Senthil Kumar, V Subbulakshmi

• PKVG8 (IC570070; INGR09038), a Ground Nut (Arachis hypogaea) Germplasm, a Source of Tolerance to Iron Chlorosis

  • Author: Subhash N Deshmukh, Manish Y Ladole

• IG3/29/2–3(1) (IC567677; INGR09039), a Guinea Grass (Panicum maximum) Germplasm, a Triploid Cytotype

  • Author: Pankaj Kaushal, DR Malaviya, AK Roy

• IG 04–164 (IC567678; INGR09040), a Guinea Grass (Panicum maximum) Germplasm, a High Production Progenitor of Ploidy Series

  • Author: Pankaj Kaushal, DR Malaviya, AK Roy

• IG3/29/2–5(1) (IC567679; INGR09041), a Guinea Grass (Panicum maximum) Germplasm, a High Production Progenitor of Ploidy Series

  • Author: Pankaj Kaushal, DR Malaviya, AK Roy

• IG3/29/2 (IC567680; INGR09042), a Guinea Grass (Panicum maximum) Germplasm, a Pentaploid Cytotype

  • Author: DR Malaviya, Pankaj Kaushal, AK Roy

• IG3/29/2–8(1) (IC567681; INGR09043) a Guinea Grass (Panicum maximum) Germplasm, a Octoploid Cytotype

  • Author: DR Malaviya, Pankaj Kaushal, AK Roy

• IG3/29/2–9(1) (IC567682; INGR09044) a Guinea Grass (Panicum maximum) Germplasm, a Nonoploid Cytotype

  • Author: DR Malaviya, Pankaj Kaushal, AK Roy

• Penta-1 (IC567683; INGR09045), a Berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum) Germplasm, a pentafoliate Mutant

  • Author: DR Malaviya, AK Roy, Pankaj Kaushal

• TetraA4; IG 08–03 (IC567684; INGR09046), a Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) Germplasm, Tetraploid Male Sterile Line with A4 Cytotype

  • Author: Pankaj Kaushal, AK Roy, DR Malaviya

• TetraA1; IG 99–748 (IC568548; INGR09047), a Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) Germplasm, Maintainer of TetraA4 MS Line

  • Author: Pankaj Kaushal, AK Roy, DR Malaviya

• Agnisikha (IC565675; INGR09048), a Canna (‘Keli’) (Canna generalis) Germplasm, a Unique New Flower Colour, Flowers in Cluster Form

  • Author: Rup Kumar Roy

• IIHRRs-1 (IC567489; INGR09049), a Rose (Rosa indica) Germplasm, an Ideal Rootstock Resistant to Powdery Mildew

  • Author: Tejaswini, MV Dhananjaya, N Ramachandra

• IIHRRs-2 (IC567490; INGR09050), a Rose (Rosa multiflora) Germplasm, a Ideal Rootstock Resistant to Powdery Mildew

  • Author: MV Dhananjaya, Tejaswini, N Ramachandra

• IC210421/VU/97–82 (IC210421; INGR09051), a Alpinia calcarata Germplasm, a Source of High 1,8-Cineole Content and -fenchyl Acetate Content in Rhizome Essential Oil

  • Author: Archana P Raina, Z Abraham, SK Mishra

• Co 97016 (IC565018; INGR09052), a Sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrid) Germplasm with High Cane and Sugar Yield and Tolerance to Water-logging, Salinity and Drought

  • Author: Bakshi Ram, G Hemaprabha, BK Sahi, N Vijayan Nair

• SCGS 00–0402 (IC565019; INGR09053), a Sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrid) Germplasm with High Levels of Juice Sucrose

  • Author: RM Shanthi, S Alarmelu

• LG 95053 (IC553283; INGR09054), a sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrid) Germplasm with High Sugar Content and Utility as a Female Parent

  • Author: BL Srivastava, Raman Kapur, SK Duttamajumder, Ram Kumar

• VL 876 (IC565010; INGR09055), a Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Germplasm, with High Bread Loaf Volume and Good Quality Bread

  • Author: Laksmi Kant, Vinay Mahajan, HS Gupta, BD Pandey, Daya Shanker, SK Pant, RK Gupta

• VL 852 (IC565011; INGR09056), a Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Germplasm, a Diverse Source of Chapatti Quality

  • Author: Laksmi Kant, Vinay Mahajan, HS Gupta, BD Pandey, Daya Shanker, SK Pant, RK Gupta

• HKI-47 (IC563953; INGR09057), a Maize (Zea mays) Germplasm, a Good Pollen Shedder, Attractive Grain Color, Resistant to Rust

  • Author: Sain Dass, Dharam Pal, JC Mehla, Kulbir Singh Dhanju, Rishi Pal, Dharam Pal Singh

• HKI-287L (IC563954; INGR09058), a Maize (Zea mays) Germplasm, a Good Pollen Shedder, Attractive Grain Color, Resistant to Rust

  • Author: Sain Dass, Dharam Pal, JC Mehla, Kulbir Singh Dhanju, Rishi Pal, Dharam Pal Singh

• HKI-327 T (IC563955; INGR09059), a Maize (Zea mays) Germplasm, a Good Pollen Shedder, Attractive Grain Color, Resistant to Rust

  • Author: Sain Dass, Dharam Pal, JC Mehla, Kulbir Singh Dhanju, Rishi Pal, Dharam Pal Singh

• HKI-326 (IC563957; INGR09060), a Maize (Zea mays) Germplasm, a Good Pollen Shedder, Attractive Grain Color, Resistant to Rrust

  • Author: Sain Dass, Dharam Pal, JC Mehla, Kulbir Singh Dhanju, Rishi Pal, Dharam Pal Singh

• HKI-1040-5 (IC563960; INGR09061), a Maize (Zea mays) Germplasm, a Good Pollen Shedder, Attractive Grain Color, Resistant to Rust

  • Author: Sain Dass, Dharam Pal, JC Mehla, Kulbir Singh Dhanju, Rishi Pal, Dharam Pal Singh

• HKI-1341 (IC563962; INGR09062), a Maize (Zea mays) Germplasm, a Good Pollen Shedder, Attractive Grain Color, Resistant to Rust

  • Author: Sain Dass, Dharam Pal, JC Mehla, Kulbir Singh Dhanju, Rishi Pal, Dharam Pal Singh

• HKI-1342 (IC563963; INGR09063), a Maize (Zea mays) Germplasm, a Good Pollen Shedder, Attractive Grain Color, Resistant to Rust

  • Author: Sain Dass, Dharam Pal, JC Mehla, Kulbir Singh Dhanju, Rishi Pal, Dharam Pal Singh

• HKI-170 (1+2) (IC563967; INGR09064), a Maize (Zea mays) Germplasm, a Good Pollen Shedder, Attractive Grain Color, Resistant to Rust

  • Author: Sain Dass, Dharam Pal, JC Mehla, Kulbir Singh Dhanju, Rishi Pal, Dharam Pal Singh

• NBPGR Tomato-1 (IC564448; INGR09065), a Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) Germplasm, a High TSS (60.B)

  • Author: SK Yadav, KK Gangopadhyay, SK Mishra, Gunjeet Kumar, Chitra Pandey, BL Meena, RK Mahajan, Mathura Rai, SK Sharma, Rajesh Kumar, HC Prasanna, Nagender Rai

• ANSR-1 (IC385843; INGR09066), a Kawaunch (Mucuna pruriens) Germplasm, High L-DOPA Content (6.30%)

  • Author: Anil Kumar Singh, SK Pareek, Ashok Kumar, SK Singh, SS Malik, YS Tomer

• D4 (IC567213; INGR09067), a Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Germplasm, a Male Fertile and Drogenic (Di)haploid of Tetraploid Potato Flowering

  • Author: Sushruti Sharma, Debabrata Sarkar, Suman Kumar Pandey

• C-13 (IC567214; INGR09068), a Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Germplasm, a Highly Resistant to Late Blight

  • Author: Sushruti Sharma, Debabrata Sarkar, Suman Kumar Pandey

• JX 90 (INGR09069), a Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Germplasm, a Horizontal Resistant to Late Blight and Early Blight, High Yield under Early (75 days) and Medium (90 days) Crop Duration

  • Author: Raj Kumar, GS Kang, SK Pandey, Jai Gopal

• OBITUARIES

  In Memoriam – A Tribute to Dr Norman Ernest Borlaug

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Refrees