ICAR-ICARDA Collaborative Research Pre-breeding & genetic enhancement in breaking yield barriers in bread wheat, Kabuli chickpea, barley & lentil ICAR-ICARDA Collaborative Research Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal and ICARDA , Aleppo, Syria

IIPR, Kanpur & ICARDA, Syria Breaking yield barriers in Kabuli chickpea & lentil through pre-breeding & genetic enhancement IIPR, Kanpur & ICARDA, Syria Exploring the exotic genetic resources of wheat and barley for gene discovery/bio-prospecting towards pulses improvement, particularly in developing varieties in response to climate change DWR, Karnal & ICARDA, Syria

Pre-breeding & genetic enhancement in breaking yield barriers in Kabuli chickpea & lentil Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur and ICARDA South Asia & China Program, New Delhi

Collaborating Institutions Lead centres: Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria Cooperating centres Chickpea Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri (Maharashtra) NBPGR, New Delhi Lentil RMVSKVV, Sehore (Madhya Pradesh)

Objectives Identification of appropriate germplasm from ICARDA gene bank (landraces & wild species) for resistance to keys biotic and abiotic stresses. Synthesis of new gene-pool with higher frequency of useful genes from exotic landraces & wild progenitors of Near-East origin. Evaluation of new recombinants (pre-breeding lines) at farmers’ fields. Identification of high yielding cultivars through multi-location testing for various production environments

Objectives Cont… Capacity building For enhanced utilization of PGR and adoption of frontier technologies in crop improvement. Empowerment of farmers for participatory breeding.

Targeted Traits Kabuli chickpea Lentil Terminal heat & drought tolerance, and resistance to Ascochyta blight Lentil Earliness, tolerance to heat and drought, resistance to Stemphylium blight, root rots

Expected Outputs Development of varieties for adaptation to changing climate (mitigating soil moisture stress and temperature extremities) New set of modern cultivars will be available for evaluation at farmers’ field/multilocation evaluation for their possible release Wide range of varieties will be available to farmers Appropriate cultivars will be selected by farmers for use in various cropping systems. Seeds of these cultivars would be multiplied and supplied to farmers

An example: economic return Due to high temperature in central India the estimated loss (>10%) in chickpea production (2009-10). The varieties which are likely to be developed through this project will help in reducing this damage. Even 1% saving will value about Rs. 5.00 crores. More than this would be saving in lentil too.

Budget: Head-wise tentative breakup estimates (Rs. in Lakhs) Head of Expenditure Yr I Yr II Yr III Yr IV Yr V Total Salary of contractual staff 41.98 209.9 Operational cost (supply of inputs, labour, including T.A.etc.) 49.0 50.5 51.3 48.3 46.3 245.4 Non-recurr. Equipments 64.4 - HRD 26.88 17.52 19.68 18.72 12.0 94.80 Steering Committee for monitoring , management and evaluation 10.8 6.0 16.8 5.3 50.9 193.06 122.0 118.96 125.8 105.58 665.4

A nine-member steering Steering Committee Annual evaluation and monitoring of project implementation Mid-term evaluation and if required modification in programme for implementation Recommendation for policy interventions and strategy for expansion of program Dy. Director General (Crop Sciences), ICAR Chairman Joint Secretary (Crops), DAC Co-Chairman DDG (Research), ICARDA, Aleppo, Syraia Member Director (Crops) DAC Member Director (wheat)/(Pulses),DAC Member ADG(OP), ICAR Member Reg. Coordinator, ICARDA, SACRP, New Delhi Member Director, IIPR, Kanpur Member Secretary

Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal Exploring the exotic genetic resources of wheat and barley for gene discovery/bio-prospecting towards pulses improvement, particularly in developing varieties in response to climate change Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal and ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria

Collaborating Institutions Lead centres: Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria Cooperating centres: GBPUA&T, Pantnagar JNKVV, Powerkheda NBPGR, New Delhi ARS (RAU), Durgapura, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Rewa

Objectives Use of of appropriate germplasm/genes (primitive landraces & wild species) for synthesis of new gene pool with higher frequency of useful genes to address climatic variations/new diseases and to fulfill farmers' demands. Evaluation of new recombinants (pre-breeding lines) under targeted agro-ecological conditions, and in farmers’ fields. Identification of high yielding, stress tolerant genotypes through multilocation/multi-season testing for the development of cultivars for commercial cultivation.

Germplasm Utilization Exploration of exotic germplasm and landraces of wheat and barley from West Asia and growing in India for phenotypic characterization in response to climate change (heat and water-use efficiency) Genome mapping and synteny of the genes sequenced from wheat and barley could be assigned to encoding abiotic stress tolerance and can be utilized for pulses improvement.

Expected Outputs New useful genes which have not been exploited in Indian programs will be available in Indian gene-bank for long-term use Stabilizing yield and higher productivity under biotic and abiotic stress environments (terminal heat and drought stresses) Seeds of appropriate cultivars selected by farmers for use in various cropping systems would be available for multiplication and distribution

Year-wise proposed budget (Rs. in lakh) Head Yr I Yr II Yr III Yr IV Yr V Total Recurring (a) Salary of Cont. Res. Staff & skilled workers Wheat 20.9 104.5 Barley 16.9 84.5 (b) Operational Cost including T.A. 32.5 31.5 161.5 30.7 31.3 31.8 31.4 156.6 Non-Recurring 55.65 - 66.2 7.3 73.5 Total Wheat 109.05 52.4 53.4 321.65 Total Barley 113.8 55.5 48.7 48.3 314.6 Gr. Total 222.85 107.9 102.1 101.7 636.25

Steering Committee Evaluation and monitoring of project implementation A nine-member steering Steering Committee Evaluation and monitoring of project implementation Mid-term evaluation and if required modification in programme Recommendation for policy interventions and strategy for expansion of program Agriculture Commissioner, DAC Chairman Joint Secretary (Crops), DAC Co-Chairman DDG (Research), ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria Member Director (Crops), DAC Member Director (wheat),DAC Member ADG (FFC), ICAR Member Reg. Coordinator, ICARDA, SACRP, New Delhi Member Director (Research), RAU, Bikaner, Rajasthan Member Project Director, DWR, Karnal Member Secretary