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Annual Report 2018-19
Not AvailableA large number of germplasm accessions of
horticultural crops are being conserved and
maintained in the field gene banks. Among fruit
crops, a total of 1110,190,759 and 54 viable
germplasm are being conserved at main station
ICAR-IIHR, CHES, Bhubaneswar, Chettalli and
Hirehalli, respectively. Whereas in vegetable crops,
a total of 5694 and 842 viable germplasm are being
conserved at main station and at CHES
Bhubaneswar, respectively, including leafy and
other underutilized vegetables.
A total of 459 germplasm in flower crops and 225 in
medicinal crops and 33 accessions of mushroom are
also conserved at ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru. ICARIIHR has been identified as the National Repository
for Rose by PPV&FRA, under which the digital
rose repository of 75 rose varieties have been built
for easy identification, grouping and selection of
varieties.
The germplasm collected and conserved has also
been characterized using Bioversity International or
NBPGR descriptors. In fruit crops, characters of 17
Appemidi and 26 mango accessions were
morphologically characterized and fruit parameters
of 25 accessions from FGB were characterized
based on Bioversity International descriptors. Nine
USDA germplasm of pomegranate were
characterized for vegetative and fruit traits. Two
varieties of guava, two exotic varieties of papaya,
and three custard apple varieties were characterized
for fruit traits as per the DUS descriptor. Three
g e r m p l a s m o f p i n e a p p l e h a v e b e e n
morphologically characterized and evaluated for
yield and quality.
In vegetable crops, 5 in chilli, 54 in brinjal, 45 in
radish, 5 in onion were characterized using NBPGR
descriptors. A total of 1000 accessions were
evaluated for 24 characters based on NBPGR
descriptors for growth, yield and quality. A total of
42 cylindrical and 18 round types of bottle gourd
were evaluated for resistance to powdery mildew.
Forty-six accessions comprising 15 summer squash
and 26 butternut types were characterized for 14
quantitative and 11 qualitative traits based on
NBPGR descriptors. Eighty six drumstick
germplasm along with released varieties were
evaluated for leaf nutritional parametersNot Availabl