Barnyard millet is a multipurpose crop grown in Uttarakhand hills for food and fodder uses. The present study was carried out during three consecutive seasons . Kharif- 2017, Kharif- 2018 and Kharif- 2019, in which seven advance breeding lines and three check varieties viz., PRJ 1 (local check), VL 207 (zonal check) and DHBM 99-3 (national check), selected from core set of barnyard millet germplasm maintained under ICAR- All India Coordinated Research Project on Small Millets at College of Forestry, Ranichauri, Uttarakhand, were taken for their evaluation with respect to yield, yield contributing traits and against grain smut disease at high hills of Uttarakhand. | Evaluation of Barnyard millet advance lines for yield yield contributing traits and grain Smut disease at High Hills of Uttarakhand India
