Farmers now have access to a novel pearl millet hybrid that offers high yields, drought tolerance, and superior fodder quality. Touted as the world’s first three-way hybrid, it was developed using three parental lines, enabling the integration of multiple traits.
Unlike conventional pearl millet hybrids that involve two parents, a three-way hybrid combines three parental lines, enabling the integration of multiple traits such as high yield, drought tolerance, and superior fodder quality.
The International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), in collaboration with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) through the All India Coordinated Research Project on Pearl Millet (AICRP) centre at the Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute (RARI), has developed the hybrid.
