
Dr Sanjeev Gupta, ADG (Oilseeds and Pulses- ICAR) said the there is a growing demand for high oleic groundnut varieties among traders, processors and consumers and the guidelines will aid quality seed production. Quality assurance at each stage: Prof PK Agarwal, Vice-chancellor, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, noted that engagement with all stakeholders leads to establishing the high oleic groundnut value chain in the country with high quality standards. The output from this meeting will help the Government of India to set guidelines for ‘trait-based certification’ in the country,” said Dr DK Yadav, Assistant Director General (ADG)-Seed, Indian Council of Agricultural Research ( ICAR). We need to have a mechanism for trait-based seed certification so that the consumer gets the product having the target nutritional trait. Paving the way for trait-based certification: “India has been focusing on commercialization of biofortified crop cultivars and trait-based segregation helps to procure high-quality material right from the seed stage. This is a great opportunity for breeders to take timely action and follow these guidelines to help the farmers, the industry and the government system in the area of cultivation.’’ Over 65 participants from public and private seed producing agencies, food companies, policymakers, groundnut breeders, and National Agricultural Research Systems participated in the hybrid virtual meet.įraming the right guidelines: Dr Arvind Kumar, Deputy Director General – Research, ICRISAT, said, “I see this as a very timely meeting with policymakers to set guidelines to ensure genetic purity for the benefit of seed producing agencies associated with seed production and dissemination of these two varieties. To ensure production of seed with the highest genetic purity, especially for confectionery industries, actors across the commodity value chain were oriented on procedures and guidelines. The national release of high oleic groundnut varieties Girnar 4 (ICGV 15083) and Girnar 5 (ICGV 15090) in India in 2020 generated interest among public and private seed producing agencies, leading to its quick uptake. Photo: Dnyaneshwar Deshmukh, (R) Dr DK Yadav, Assistant Director General – Seeds, ICAR, participates virtually. Send us feedback.Staff from National Seeds Corporation and Telangana State Seeds Development Corporation Ltd and participants from across India participate in the training program. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'purity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Vivienne Walt, Fortune, And as the goalposts shifted to achieving purity of blood and physical ideals, canine evolution bent fast. San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2022 That is the latest ruling from the country’s Ministry of Culture, which has long fought to preserve the purity of the French language-and to stave off the invasion of new English tech lingo from the other side of the Atlantic. Food and Drug Administration doesn’t have oversight over the purity of ingredients or the accuracy of dosage claims. Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2022 Because melatonin is unregulated, the U.S.


Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 July 2022 Gidwitz echoes an establishment lament over the years - the desire among some on the far right to prefer purity of ideology over electability, satisfied in the end to portray themselves as political martyrs for a greater cause. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 26 July 2022 Testing later showed that those changes did not appear to impact the purity or quality of the shots.Īlexander Tin, CBS News, 21 July 2022 The battle between Schiaparelli and Chanel was the battle between the eccentrically wealthy and the upwardly mobile, the avant-garde and the purity of modernism, the daring and the conservative. Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022 As the country enters the war, Mercury Pictures joins the effort to convince Americans of the purity of their cause and the villainy of their enemies. Recent Examples on the Web As climate change intensifies, studies show that salt water will intrude farther up the Sacramento-San Joaquin estuary, further threatening the purity of water taken by public utilities in Contra Costa County and Southern California.
