ICRISAT develops diverse breeding materials and supplies to researchers globally. The breeding materials developed by ICRISAT remains International Public Goods (IPGs). ICRISAT has a large global collection (>120,000 accessions) of germplasm for its mandate crops and also working with the global network of research partners developed ICRISAT has developed >1140 varieties/hybrids based bred materials in 81 countries. Centre of Excellence in Genomics (CEG) and Platform for Translational Research on Transgenic Crops (PTTC) available at ICRISAT.

1. Figure 2. ICRISAT’s mandate crops - Climate smart and
nutritious dryland crops
• Access to large global collection (>120,000 accessions) of germplasm for its
mandate crops.
• Working with the global network of research partners.
• Centre of Excellence in Genomics (CEG) and Platform for Translational Research
on Transgenic Crops (PTTC) available at ICRISAT.
• Access to high- throughput precision phenotyping facilities (field, Lab and
controlled environment)
• ICRISAT develops diverse breeding materials and supplies to researchers
globally. The breeding materials developed by ICRISAT remains International
Public Goods (IPGs).
• ICRISAT does not release varieties/hybrids.
• >1140 varieties/hybrids based on ICRISAT-bred materials have been released in
81 countries by the partners.
Crop No of varieties/hybrids released No of countries
Sorghum 321 46
Pearl Millet 281 26
Chickpea 171 26
Pigeonpea 119 19
Groundnut 228 39
Finger Millet 23 06
Total 1143 81
Crop
Germplasm conserved Germplasm distributed
No. of
accessions
No. of
countries
No. of samples
supplied
No. of
countries
Sorghum 41,816 93 513,712 110
Pearl millet 24,373 52 161,095 83
Chickpea 20,764 61 363,834 88
Pigeonpea 13,783 74 168,425 113
Groundnut 15,622 92 203,,994 96
Finger millet 7,519 25 44768 55
Small millets 4,278 39 35,213 55
Total 128,155 144 1,491,041 148
Table 1. Genetic resources for crop improvement in ICRISAT Genebank
Table 2. Varieties/hybrids based on CRISAT-bred materials released by
NARS in different countries
Figure 4. Cost-effective SNPs for early generation selection
(Left) and genomic prediction using different models (Right)
Figure 1. Snap-shot of Global germplasm diversity
Figure 5. High throughput phenotyping platforms
Figure 3. Controlled disease screening facility
June
2018
Figure 6. NIRS & XRF: For cost-effective, non-destructive
quality analysis
Crop Improvement Research at ICRISAT