Important Crop Germplasm Introduced into India During 2001

Abstract

The introduction of exotic germplasm has enriched the Indian agriculture since times immemorial. The short statured, lodging resistant, inputresponsive, high yielding introductions of wheat and rice have played a pivotal role in ushering in the era ofGreen Revolution. Genotypes carrying cytoplasmic-nuclear male sterility and fertility restoration genes brought in the era ·of hybrid breeding in crops like sorghum, pearl millet and rice that enabled the exploitation ofheterosis. Further, it was the introduced