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ICAR-IIRR News Letter – Volume 15 Number 1 2017 March, 2017March, – January 15 15 Number1 What’s inside Message from Director AICRIP News/ Outcomes Volume: Research highlights Rice Is Life ... ICAR-IIRR in News Rice News Around http://www.drricar.org 2 ICAR-IIRR News Letter – volume 15 number 1 2017 CONTENTS MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR ................................................. 4 AICRIP NEWS / OUTCOMES ................................................... 6 Recent Rice Variety Released by AICRIP Centre Occupies Large Area in Telangana State ...................................................................................................... 6 AICRIP Centre Rajendranagar Initiates Social Activities ........................................ 7 Farmers’ Training Programme under Tribal Sub Plan ............................................. 8 Karen Community of Andaman & Nicobar Islands Conserve Traditional Rice Varieties .................................................................................................................. 9 IARI Develops Improved Basmati Rice Varieties with Resistance to Bacterial Blight and Blast ............................................................................................................... 10 Recent High Yielding Varieties from APRRI, Maruteru for Intensive Cultivation in Irrigated Wetlands ................................................................................................. 12 New Long Slender Variety, KNM118 (Kunnaram Sannalu) .................................. 16 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS : CROP IMPROVEMENT . 17 Marker-Assisted Improvement of Akshayadhan, RPHR1005 and DPR17B for Resistance to Multiple Biotic Stresses .................................................................. 17 Genetic Improvement of Rice for Gall Midge and Bacterial Blight Resistance through Marker Assisted Selection (MAS) ............................................................ 20 Identification of Bacterial Blight Resistant Mutant Lines in the Mutagenized Samba Mashuri (BPT 5204) Population ............................................................................ 22 Biotechnological Intervention for Saving Mushkbudji –A Rice Landrace of Kashmir .............................................................................................................................. 24 Marker Assisted Introgression of Pup1, A Major QTL Associated with Tolerance to Low Soil Phosphorus into Elite Rice Varieties....................................................... 26 A Protocol for Rapid Screening for Seedling Stage Salinity Tolerance in Rice ..... 30 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS : CROP PRODUCTION .... 32 Direct Seeded Rice : A Boon for Bihar .................................................................. 32 Two Tier System of Cultivating Field Crops as Relay Cropping in Rice Field – A New Concept to Improve the Livelihood of Resource Poor Farmers .................... 34 Cultural Management Technologies to Enhance Productivity of Rice ................... 35 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS : CROP PROTECTION .... 36 Swarming Caterpillar : A Menace to Rice Farmers in Assam................................ 36 3 ICAR-IIRR News Letter – volume 15 number 1 2017 Injection Method : A Novel Inoculation Technique for Evaluation of Neck Blast Resistance in Rice Genotypes .............................................................................. 38 Kernel Smut of Rice : An Emerging Disease in Gangetic Alluvial Zone of West Bengal ................................................................................................................... 40 Interception of Rice Blackbug, Scotinophara lurida Burmeister – An Emerging Pest of Rice at TRRI, Aduthurai Farm ........................................................................... 41 Development of Electrospun Nanofiber Sex Pheromone for Yellow Stem Borer, Scirpophaga incertulas in Rice .............................................................................. 43 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS : TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................................ 45 Spread of Medium Slender Variety GAR-13 in Gujarat ......................................... 45 Adoption of New ‘PR’ Varieties Pay Rich Dividends to Punjab and India ............. 47 In-situ Conservation of Mushkbudji – A Scented Rice of Kashmir: Way Towards Socio-Economic Development of Farmers ............................................................ 49 Mobile Agri Clinic as an Extension Method ........................................................... 52 Impact of Front Line Demonstrations of Rice in Farmers’ Fields in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh ............................................................................................. 54 ICAR-IIRR IN NEWS ............................................................... 56 Institutional Activities ............................................................................................. 56 Training Programmes, Workshops and Meetings ................................................. 58 Outreach Programmes .......................................................................................... 62 Distinguished Visitors ............................................................................................ 64 Staff Achievements / Activities .............................................................................. 66 RICE NEWS AROUND ........................................................... 67 Record Rice Production ........................................................................................ 67 Cheruvayal Raman – A Legendary Conserver of Wayanad Rice Germplasm ...... 67 Rice premix fortified with iron ................................................................................ 67 CRISPR-Cas: The new breeding technology ........................................................ 67 Low methane emitting rice .................................................................................... 67 Over expression of AmRosea1 Gene Confers Drought and Salt Tolerance in Rice .............................................................................................................................. 68 How to get rid of Arsenic in rice ............................................................................ 68 Spiders – Largest group of predators: ................................................................... 68 Satellite based monitoring of Rice ......................................................................... 68 4 ICAR-IIRR News Letter – volume 15 number 1 2017 M MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR E S We are happy to increasing incidence of know that, second pests and diseases and S advance estimate for other abiotic stresses 2016-17, estimated the due to a rapidly A total food grain changing climate, rapidly production in the country declining water, soil and G to a new record level of land resources. 271.98 million tonnes and As per the E rice production also to a second advance new high of 108.86 estimate, this year the million tonnes. This record production is year’s rice production is achieved not only in rice, higher by 2.21 million but also in wheat, coarse tonnes than previous cereals, maize, pulses F record production of (Tur and Gram) and 106.65 million tonnes oilseeds. Though we are R during 2013-14. This has disproving Malthusian been largely due to theory by achieving new O cultivation of high yielding heights in production varieties and hybrids as with limited resources, M well as adoption of but with improved improved crop technologies. Now it is management practices high time to think about developed by the rice nutritional security in scientific workers of the addition to food security country coupled with favourable monsoon. and need to concentrate more on nutritional D The hybrid rice technology contributed security in rice specifically for increasing zinc, towards an additional 4-5 million tonnes to the iron and vitamin A. total rice production in the country and there is Targeting nutritional security of the I a vast scope for increased adoption of this nation, ICAR-IIRR has been coordinating technology by the farming community in Consortia Research Platform (CRP) on R future.However, despite these achievements, Biofortification, since 2014-15, encompassing we still need to rice, wheat, maize, E produce an Now, it is high time to think sorghum and other additional 1.5-2 millets in C million tonnes of about nutritional security in collaboration with rice every year to addition to food security and National Institute of meet the target of need to concentrate more on Nutrition (NIN) and T producing 130 National Institute of million tonnes by nutritional security in rice Animal Nutrition O 2025. This has to specifically for increasing zinc, and Physiology be achieved in the iron and vitamin A. (NIANP). R context of Significant strides Back to Index 5 ICAR-IIRR News Letter – volume 15 number 1 2017 have been made in the development of production and protection technologies to M biofortified varieties in rice, wheat, maize and achieve higher yields with lesser inputs. pearl millet, which are released and/or being Further the flagship schemes such as CRP- E evaluated under AICRP network. In-vitro Biofortification, CRP-Agrobiodiversity, CRP- Bioavailability studies identified, DRR Dhan 45 Molecular Breeding, CRP-Hybrid Technology S with 50% increased intestinal absorption of and NICRA have also entered in their next zinc and two maize genotypes with β carotene phase, which will aid in achieving food and S (100g) meeting
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