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promoting nutrious millets in tamil nadu and orissa 23 the incidence of finger and neck blast. The late maturing local variety was second best to GPU 48, which has medium maturity duration and the highest yield. Late maturing little millet varieties were also found to be, in general, well adapted to the local conditions. Similar was the case with Bada Kangu, another late maturing local Italian millet variety. Table 1. Varieties of three millets subjected to participatory selection (2004) Crop Jeypore (Orissa) Kolli Hills (Tamil Nadu) Name and number of varieties Name and number of varieties Finger millet ie 812, ie 2089, ie 2791, ie 2863, ie 2991, ie 2999, ie 3001, ie 3089, ie 3091, ie3093, ie4685, gpu 48, athangulia mandia, Chariangulia mandia, (14 Varieties) little millet impr 23, impr 41, impr 393, impr 437, impr 462, impr 706, olm 20, olm 36, olm 203, Kalakosla, Bija suan, (11 Varieties) italian millet ise 45, ise 809, ise 914, ise 1262, ise 1269, ise 1321,ise 1359, Bada Kangu (8 Varieties) Total 33 (Germplasm-18; Improved-10; Traditional- 5) ie2863, ie3023, ie3155, ie4885, mr1, VhC 3880, gpu 48, gpu 26, gpu 28 (9 Varieties) impr706, impr393, impr41, impr988, impr921, impr984, sukshema, Vellaperu samai, Kattaveti samai (9 Varieties) ise 38, ise 23, ise 3155, tnau 173,ise1269, ise 832, senthinai (7 Varieties) 25 (Germplasm-9; Improved-13; Traditional- 3) Participatory variety selection was made at the prime maturity stage of every variety (Fig. 3). Depending on the maturity differences among varieties, these selections were made on two or more days. Each farmer was asked to make independent selection of three varieties from each of the three crops, from each replication. They were also asked to rank these varieties from 1 to 3, in order of preference by tying tags numbered accordingly. After such selection by every farmer, the varieties carrying the tags and ranks were noted and these tags removed prior to selection by the next farmer. Such removal of tags was Fig. 3. Varieties at maturity stage in pVs trial
24 minor millets in south asia made to prevent bias in the selection of farmers who followed the earlier selectors. This process was repeated for every farmer who participated in the selection. The final results of selection were arrived at by compiling varieties selected and their ranks across three replications. Participation of farmers in selection varied in Kolli Hills and Jeypore. While 7 farmers (all women) and 4 staff members participated in Kolli Hills, 20 farmers (10 men and 10 women) and three staff members participated in Jeypore. The three varieties selected by majority of farmers in each crop at Jeypore and Kolli Hills together with the ranking given to them on the basis of farmers’ preference are listed in Table 2. Table 2. Varieties selected by participatory method at Jeypore and Kolli Hills Crop Jeypore (Orissa) Kolli Hills (Tamil Nadu) Varieties Ranking Varieties Ranking Finger millet gpu 48 First ie 2863 First athangulia mandia (local) second gpu 48 second ie 3093 third VhC 3880, ie 3023 third little millet olm 203 First impr 393 First Kalakosla (local) second Kattavetti samai (local) second impr 393 third sukshema third italian millet Bada Kangu (local) First senthinai (local) First ise 809 second ise 38 second ise 1269 third tnau 173 third Following the visual selection performed by farmers, the yield data of selected as well as other varieties in the trial were collected from each replication. The mean yield of most of the farmers’ selections was found to corroborate, by and large, with the visual ranking made on these varieties. Apart from yield, farmers gave preference to maturity duration and grain colour. These results on the selected varieties are presented in Table 3. The differences among the varieties, which were ranked as first to third, were statistically significant only in the case of finger millet varieties in Jeypore. The yield of selected varieties of finger millet in Kolli Hills and the Italian and little millets at both locations did not show significant differences. While the Kolli Hill farmers preferred varieties with mid-early or medium maturity range, the Jeypore farmers preferred, in most cases, late maturing varieties. This has rationale in the rain fall pattern and distribution at these locations. Moreover, women farmers in Jeypore did not prefer early maturing varieties due to the high vulnerability of these varieties to bird damage. These results showed that some of the local varieties were as good as or more preferable to farmers than the improved varieties. For example, both in Jeypore and
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