Plant Germplasm Registration Notice*

Abstract

A total of 180 proposals were received online for the consideration of registration of germplasm for unique/superior traits. The applications were thoroughly screened by the member-secretary, Plant Germplasm Registration Committee (PGRC) and 94 proposals complete in all respects were reviewed by the experts and were presented in the 50th meeting of the PGRC held in virtual mode on June 12, 2023. 67 proposals with unique/novel features belonging to 29 species were recommended for registration by PGRC. The information on registered germplasm is published with the purpose to disseminate the information to respective crop breeders for utilization of these genetic stocks in their crop improvement programmes. Description of the 34 out of the 67 germplasm lines registered after recommendation by PGRC is given: