Research Briefs

• Identification of single and multiple disease resistance in desi chickpea genotypes to Ascochyta blight, Botrytis gray mold and Fusarium wilt. (Dec 2007)
• Exploitation of wild relatives of pigeonpea and chickpea for resistance to Helicoverpa armigera. (Dec 2007)
• Identification of high-yielding large-seeded kabuli chickpeas with drought avoidance root traits. (Dec 2007)
• Identification of photoperiod insensitive sources in the world collection of pigeonpea at ICRISAT. (Dec 2007)
• Selection of restorers and varieties for stalk sugar traits in sorghum. (Dec 2007)
• Surprising flowering response to photoperiod: Preliminary characterization of West and Central African pearl millet germplasm. (Dec 2007)
• Variation in the quality parameters of sweet sorghum across different dates of sowing. (Dec 2007)