{"id":8217,"date":"2020-05-26T16:40:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T11:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=8217"},"modified":"2020-05-26T16:40:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T11:10:17","slug":"rice-crop-residue-burning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/rice-crop-residue-burning\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice crop residue burning"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-section\" data-type=\"type-1\" data-alignment=\"left\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Relevance: Prelims: Science<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u2022 Scientists at Pune based Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology, have mapped two alternative dwarfing genes Rht14 and Rht18 in wheat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slideplayer.com\/slide\/13372687\/80\/images\/9\/Crop+residue+burning+More+than+15+Mt+of+rice+straw+and+9+Mt+of+wheat+straw+are+burned+annually+in+three+states+of+Punjab%2C+Haryana+and+Uttar+Pradesh..jpg\" alt=\"Pravash Chandra Moharana - ppt download\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>About:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 These genes are associated with better seedling vigour and longer coleoptiles (sheath protecting the young shoot tip).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 They have mapped the dwarfing genes on chromosome 6A in durum wheat, and DNA-based markers were developed for a better selection of these genes in wheat breeding lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The DNA-based markers will help wheat breeders to precisely select wheat lines carrying these alternative dwarfing genes from a massive pool of wheat breeding lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 These DNA based markers are being used at ARI for marker-assisted transfer of these genes in Indian wheat varieties, so as to make them suitable for sowing under rice stubble-retained conditions and dry environments.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Wheat lines with these alternative dwarfing genes, apart from reducing crop residue burning, can allow deeper sowing of wheat seeds to avail advantage of residual moisture in the soil under dry environments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Shiv_Kumar_Lohan2\/publication\/319208682\/figure\/fig2\/AS:530384371634176@1503464896948\/Consequences-of-crop-residue-burning-8.png\" alt=\"Consequences of crop residue burning. 8 | Download Scientific Diagram\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/epaper.timesgroup.com\/olive\/ODN\/TimesOfIndia\/shared\/image.ashx?kind=snippet&amp;href=TOIDEL%2F2017%2F11%2F17&amp;id=Pc00607&amp;sk=98318B06\" alt=\"6 pollution sources and how to fix them - The Times Of India ...\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>For more such notes, Articles, News &amp; Views Join our Telegram Channel.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"telegram Link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Click the link below to see the details about the UPSC \u2013Civils courses offered by Triumph IAS.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Courses available\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php\">https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Prelims: Science Why in news? 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