Surender Pahuja

• M. Sc Ph. D GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDING
• Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University

Character association studies are very important for developing improved cultivars in any crop. An experiment was planned to study the correlations and path coefficients between various green and dry fodder yields affecting morphological and quality traits in forage sorghum germplasm lines. The correlation and path analysis studies were carried out...

An experimental was conducted to identify the forage sorghum genotypes having high green and dry fodder yield potential along with high nutritive value. The results revealed that the hybrid SPH 1970 (863.7 q/ha) has recorded significantly high green fodder yield followed by CSH 43MF (833.5 q/ha) and SPH 1935 (819.5 q/ha). Principal component analys...

An experimental was conducted to identify the forage sorghum genotypes having high green and dry fodder yield potential along with high nutritive value. The results revealed that the hybrid SPH 1970 (863.7 q/ha) has recorded significantly high green fodder yield followed by CSH 43MF (833.5 q/ha) and SPH 1935 (819.5 q/ha). Principal component analys...

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is a climate resilient crop with various benefits for farmers, consumers and the environment. Its major uses are food, feed and fodder. In North India it is specially grown for fodder purpose. A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2021 at Forage Section Research Farm, CCS Haryana Agricultural University,...

Lives tock is a major component of Indian agriculture. With the increase in lives tock population during pas t few years there is huge gap in demand and supply of green as well as dry fodder, hence forage crops improvement programme needs to be s trengthened. Keeping this in view hybrid evaluation experiments were conducted during kharif 2013 and 2...

To estimate the extent of genetic diversity of 56 Pearl millet genotypes for eight morphological characters, an experiment was carried out at the research farm of Forage Section, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, CCS HAU, Hisar in kharif 2020-21. In Principal component analysis (PCA) the eigenvalues were used to determine how many factors to...

Foxtail millet (Setaria italica (L.) Beauv) is one of the earliest cultivated millet for grain, hay and silage. There is wide genetic diversity available in foxtail millet and characterization of available germplasm is a pre-requisite for the genetic improvement of any crop. Keeping the above fact in view 30 foxtail germplasm lines were evaluated d...

Sorghum or great millet is an environmentally friendly cereal and is mainly used as food for human being and fodder for livestock. Sorghum grain is rich in antioxidant and has anti-inflammatory, anti-proliferative, anti-diabetic, and antiatherogenic properties and fodder is having high crude protein, high in vitro dry matter digestibility and high...

HJH 1513, a single-cut forage sorghum hybrid with high biomass yield and quality was developed by cytoplasmic male sterility in Forage Section, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. It is released & notified for cultivation in kharif season for all sorghum growing areas of Haryana. HJH 1513 produced 71...

Unfavourable weather conditions like extreme of temperature heat or cold, drought, salinity etc. hinder the growth and development of the plants. These abiotic stresses cause huge productivity losses and are of main concern for the agricultural scientists to meet the challenges of global food security and nutritional requirements. Since the time of...

The new single-cut oat variety, HFO 806, developed by CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar was released and notified for cultivation under timely sown, normal fertility and irrigated conditions in the rabi season of South (Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh) and Hill (Himachal Pradesh, UT of Jammu and Kashmir) zone of...

Livestock sector plays a pivotal role in the economic growth of any agriculture based country. This sector is the major source of energy for mankind. Among livestock, milch cattle play a distinctive role to provide energy food to human beings. In developing countries livestock sector is major source of employment for rural youth also. However, due...

Nanotechnology has a great potential in revolutionizing the agricultural sector. The employment of nanoparticles (NPs) for enhancing agricultural production is catching the eye of researchers. Among a wide array of NPs, Titanium dioxide (TiO2) NPs are increasingly used in agriculture. They are known to increase the photosynthetic activity of plants...

An improved single-cut forage sorghum variety, "CSV 53F" was developed by pedigree method of breeding by Forage Section, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. It was identified under AICRP on Sorghum and further released & notified for cultivation in kharif season for all sorghum growing states of the...

HJ 1514, a single-cut forage sorghum variety with improved yield and quality was developed by pedigree method in Forage Section, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. It is released & notified for cultivation in kharif season for all sorghum growing areas of Haryana. HJ 1514 produced 664.2 q/ha green f...

Agriculture is an important component of the ecosystem, and every human being is directly or indirectly associated with it. The use of tools and technology in agriculture has improved over time and has also contributed to increasing food production. However, the bulge in a global population at a frightening rate and the yield plateau in most of the...

Cluster bean [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub] is an important leguminous crop of India, accounting for nearly 80% of the global production. The seeds of this economically important crop are used in various industrial applications worldwide like, textile, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, mining, petroleum, natural gas, oil industries etc. Despite such...

In 21st century due to modern lifestyle, adverse climatic conditions and excessive use of fast food, our body immunity is decreasing gradually. In addition to this COVID-19 pandemic is also threatening human life due to poor health management practices. Nutri-cereals are rich source of major nutrients like carbohydrates, proteins, calcium, zinc, ir...

The study was conducted on 25 forage sorghum genotypes (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) were evaluated for their genetic diversity based on 18 morpho-biochemical characters. Genotypes grown in Ramndomized Block Design during kharif season to categorize them for fodder and quality traits. The mean squares were observed to be highly significant for all th...

An improved single-cut forage sorghum variety, "CSV 44F" was developed by pedigree method of breeding by Forage Section, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. It was identified under AICRP on Sorghum and further released & notified for cultivation in kharif season in Zone II of India comprising states...

Due to rapid urbanization and industrialization pressure on agriculture land is increasing exponentially to fulfill growing population food demands. Crop production system is shifting towards use of multipurpose crops for agricultural sustainability which are having low water requirements and have high yield potential per unit of water. In agricult...

The present investigation was carried out to assess genetic diversity in 30 sorghum genotypes based on nineteen agro-morphological and biochemical parameters during kharif 2019. Analysis of variance showed highly significant variations for 19 quantitative parameters in the study. Further the genetic diversity was assessed with the help of D 2 stati...

ABSTRACT The study envisaged assessing the general combining ability of the parents and specific combining ability of the hybrids, using line x tester mating design. Twenty four hybrids (derived from mating four testers with six lines in L x T design) along with their parents and checks ((SSG 59-3 and MFSH 4)) were evaluated at two locations with t...

Experiment was conducted to evaluate forage sorghum hybrids along with resistance checks for stem borer resistance related traits at CCS HAU Hisar, during kharif 2017. To measure the insect pest infestation four parameters which directly related to insect infestation viz. percentage of dead hearts at 35 DAE (days after emergence), percentage of dea...

The present experiment was carried out at Director Farm, CCSHAU, Hisar during kharif 2017 to evaluate the performance of 30 selected elite genotypes of cowpea. The variably was s tudied both within and between groups. The genotypes, KBC 9 and DC 7-15 were placed in the medium fodder-medium grain yield producing group and could be utilized for both,...

The present investigation was performed to assess genetic divergence and heterosis prediction in hybrid parents of pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R Br.] using simple sequence repeat (SSR) and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. Using 56 SSR loci, 412 alleles were detected in 147 lines with an average of 7.36 alleles per locus, and...

Sorghum is a multipurpose crop being used as food, feed, fodder and fuel. The objective of the study was to investigate breeding values of new F1 forage sorghum hybrids using line x tester crossing of six A1 cytoplasm type male sterile lines with five fertile local inbred lines and varieties, and 30 F1 hybrids were produced. Both parental lines and...

A total of 75 sorghum germplasm lines including 74 Indigenous cultivar (IC) and one Exotic cultivar (EC) were characterized using 27 morphological descriptors provided by PPV & FRA for DUS testing in sorghum. Results revealed that maximum variation was present among genotypes for glume traits viz., colour (6 groups), neck of panicle (5 groups)...

The study envisaged assessing the general combining ability of the parents and specific combining ability of the hybrids, using line x tester mating design. Twenty four hybrids along with their parents and checks ((SSG 59-3 and MFSH 4)) were evaluated at two locations with two date of sowing (Early and late sowing) during the kharif season of 2015-...

ABSTRACT A study was made in Sorghum bicolor with line × tester (6 females × 4 males) to estimate the fodder yield and its component traits of different hybrids and parents under different environments. For this purpose, 24 specific cross combinations were developed by using 10 diverse parents during kharif season in 2014-15. These hybrids along wi...

Genetic diversity in the breeding materials is an essential component to improve the efficiency of any crop improvement programme. In present study, 150 seed and restorer parents were evaluated for grain yield and its component traits at two diverse agro-ecologies CCSHAU-Hisar and ICRISAT-Patancheru. Analysis of variance revealed significant differ...

The present investigation was conducted to characterize 20 genotypes of sorghum {Sorghum bicolor (L.) moench} on the basis of 33 morphological characters provided by Protection of Plant Variety & Farmer's Right Act (PPV&FRA) for Distinctiveness Uniformity and Stability (DUS) testing in sorghum. Experimental results revealed that maximum variation w...

The F2 segregating population of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] of cross HJ 541 (singlecut) × SSG 59-3 (multi-cut) was studied by using simple sequence repeats (SSR) markers to measure genetic divergence within the population. Out of 50 SSR markers, 21 were found to be polymorphic which showed 90.3 per cent polymorphism. Cluster tree analysi...

Soil salinity is the major biotic stress, which restricts the distribution and productivity of the crops. Agricultural production in the future will increasingly rely on our ability to grow plants on salt affected and marginal lands using saline water. Ethyl methane sulphonate is the most commonly used chemical mutagen to increase genetic variabili...

A two-factor field experiment consisting of five multi-cut forage cultivars and three fertilizer levels was conducted at Forage Section Research Farm, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), India during kharif 2015. Sorghum cultivars were test hybrid SPH 1700 and variety SPV 2242, which were compared with check hybrids CSH 20MF, CSH...

Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is called camel’s crop and it is a major dryland cereal crop which has multipurpose uses like food, feed, fodder, and bioethanol production. It is nutritionally superior to other fine cereals such as rice and wheat with high fiber and mineral content. As a model for the tropical grasses, sorghum is a logical co...

The material for the present study comprised ten cluster bean genotypes. The present experiment was conducted at Research Area, Forage Section, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, CCSHAU, Hisar during summer 2015 in randomized block design with four replications. The results of present study revealed that genotype HG 2-20 (618 kg/ha) out yie...

A field experiment was conducted at CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana) during winter season (rabi) of 2014-15 to study the response of different nitrogen levels on the yield and quality of oat (Avena sativa L.) genotypes. Twelve oat genotypes viz., RSO 60, RSO 59, SKO 190, UPO 12-1, OS 405, JHO 2012-1, OL 1760, JO 04-14, JHO 2012-...

Forage sorghum is an important component of the fodder supply chain in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world because of its high productivity, ability to utilize water efficiently and adaptability to a wide range of climatic conditions. Identification of high-yielding stable genotypes (G) across environments (E) is challenging because of the...

The present study was carried out to study the effect on ethyl methane sulphonate on callus growth of clusterbean. The experiment was put in process at department of botany and Plant Physiology in 2011. Seeds of clusterbean HG 2-20 were injucted with the various doses of EMS (0.5%, 0.75% and 1.0%) for different duration of time (6 hr and 8 hr). The...

Clusterbean is a crop of multiutility cultivated in arid and semi-Arid regions of the country. The major product guar gum has major use in industries. Its seed has high protein content so used as animal food. The gel provides high foreign exchange to country. Seed flour is used as thickening agent in food. Markers linked to bacterial leaf blight, a...

Principal factor and hierarchical cluster analysis were carried out in 36 advanced F 4 progenies of clusterbean. The study was done on 11 traits, which identified five principal components explaining 78.93 per cent variability. The first PC explained 28.76 per cent of total variation. The second, third, fourth and fifth principal components explain...

The material for present investigation comprised 25 guar genotypes. The experimental material was grown at Research Area, Crop Physiology (Agronomy), CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during kharif 2010 in randomized block design with three replications. The mean sums of squares due to genotypes were recorded to be highly significant for a...

Improvement in multi-cut forage sorghum varieties that can perform better than SSG 59-3, a sweet Sudan grass released in 1974, has been a challenge. Efforts were made to create variability in SSG 59-3 through mutagenesis using both physical and chemical mutagens. Fifteen such mutants were evaluated for 2 years in different locations in India. Consi...

2,4-Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2, 4-D) and benzylaminopurine (BAP) induced callusing from cotyledons in all three species of Cyamopsis . The maximum callus induction from cotyledon explant was evident in Cyamopsis serrata and Cyamopsis senegalensis on a medium supplemented with 2,4-D (2 mg/l). On the other hand, Cyamopsis tetragonoloba showed poo...

The present experiment was carried out at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during kharif season of 2011 to estimate the extent of genetic variability in 20 sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) (Moench] genotypes. Significant variations were recorded among the genotypes for various morphological traits studied. High values for...

The present investigation was undertaken to study and compare reproductive and yield characters of three species of Cyamopsis viz., C. tetragonoloba, C. serrata and C. senegalensis. Its outcome may serve as a stepping stone for development of early varieties of guar. Pollen production in the three species was nearly identical with fairly high polle...

Different guar cultivars and the wild species of explants such as the hypocotyls, cotyledon, and mature embryo were used for callus induction and these explants along with cotyledonary node explants were used for direct shoot morphogenesis. It was established that Murashige and Skoog culture medium containing 2,4- D (2.5 mg/1) and 6-benzylaminopuri...

In sorghum [(Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] numerous male sterile lines for grain sorghum are available. However, there is need of their critical evaluation for important fodder related traits. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to classify the variability available in these male sterile lines for such traits. Statistical analysis was carrie...

Guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.) is drought-tolerant multiple purpose cash crop. Investigations were carried out on interspecific hybridization between cultivated and wild species of guar. The crosses between different genotypes of C. tetragonoloba (female parent) and wild species Cyamopsis serrata (male parent) were made. In interspecific hybridi...

Roots and stubbles of multicut genotypes had high content of phosphorus and low content of total soluble sugars, reducing sugars and fructosan than the single cut varieties, thus indicating that phosphorus plays a definite role in regeneration, the stubbles of both single and multicut genotypes showed high concentration of total soluble sugars and...

Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) has proved to be an effective and efficient genetic tool in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) hybrid breeding programs. The A1 (milo cytoplasm) CMS type has been widely exploited to produce both commercial grain and forage sorghum hybrids. To explore the possibility of using alternative CMS (non-milo cytoplasm)...

The F 2 progenies of two crosses i.e. HG 563 X PNB and HG 75 X PNB in clusterbean were studied for inheritance of Bacterial Leaf Blight disease resistance. Individual data were taken for BLB disease using 0-9 scale. The data were analyzed using ÷2 test in clusterbean. F 2 mendelian segregation ratio 13:3 (Inhibitory gene action) was found non signi...

Guar or clusterbean ( Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.) (2n=14) is a multipurpose legume crop, grown for feed, green fodder, vegetable, green manuring, and grain purposes. Mutagenesis is a powerful tool for creating variation in a crop like guar where exploitable and favourable genetic variability is very meager. Various types of manifestations s...

An attempt was made during the rainy season of 1999 and 2000 to evaluate 106 genotypes of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.] of different geographical regions of the world. Sufficient amount of variability was envisaged for green fodder yield/plant (386.9 to 1 391.7 g), dry fodder yield/plant (84.9 to 306.9 g), plant height (158.4 to 350.2 cm),...