Plant Germplasm Registration System in ICAR – Achievements

Abstract

The Plant Germplasm Registration Committee (PGRC) was constituted by the Indian Council of Agricultural
Research in 1996 to provide recognition to researchers involved in identifying, describing and documenting
potentially valuable genetic materials and to incorporate these into the public domain for their effi cient use by
the breeders and researchers. In the last 25 years a total of 48 meetings of PGRC have been held and 1,948
crop genetic materials have been registered belonging to 249 crop species. Among these, highest number of
germplasm are registered for resistance against biotic stress (601) followed by quality and nutritional traits (583).
In major food crops like cereals, oilseeds and grain legumes, maximum registration is for biotic stresses while
in ornamentals, fruit crop, medicinal and aromatic crops, tea and coff ee, maximum germplasm is registered for
quality traits.