2. Jute
• GENUS - Corchorus
FAMILY - Malvaceae (formerly under Tiliaceae)
• Jute is also called the golden fiber for its
color and high cash value.
3. Institutes
– CRIJAF – central research institute for juteand allied fibres
,barrackpore , west Bengal
– National institute of research on jute and allied fiber technology ,
kolkata westbengal
– Bangladesh jute research institute (BJRI)
5. C. capsularisis C. olitorius
comparatively more
resistant to flood and
drought
tolerant to diseases and
pests, produces the
stronger commercial fiber
susceptible to diseases
and pests
Susceptible to drought
6. Breeding methods
TRADITIONAL
• Introduction
• Selection
• Interspecific Hybridization
• Backcrossing
• Mutation
MODREN TECHNIQUES
Marker assited selection – to find out
the putative Qtl
Gene pyramiding
Marker assisted back cross breeding
Qtl introgression
Agrobacterium mediated
trasformations
Protoplasmic fusion - overcome the
barrier of sexual incompatibility
7. WILD SPECIES BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC
SOURCE
C. depressus C. asplenifolius,
C. cinerascens, C. erinoceus, and
C. erodiodes
- higher degree of drought tolerance
C. trilocularis , C. tridens
tolerance to
water
stagnation.
C. urticifolius and C. psuedo-
capsularis
resistant reaction to all diseases
including root rot, stem rot except soft
rot and anthracnose ,
C. urticifolius,
C. pseudo-capsularis, and C. pseudo-
olitorius
moderately resistant to root-knot
nematode,
Meloidogyne incognita
C. junodii, C. pinnatipertitus, C.
saxatilis, and C. gillettii
potent
sources of biotic stress resistance
10. Variety Year Parentage Characters
JRO 878
(chaitali tossa )
1967 JRO 620 X Sudan
Green
Resistant to premature
flowering and water
logging
JRO 7835 1971 JRO 632 x Sudan
Green
Resistant to premature
flowering and water
logging
JRO 521 (navin) 1977 Sudan Green x JRO
632
Resistant to premature
flowering,root rot,yellow
mite
AAU QJ 1 (tarun) 2007 Tanganyika 1 x JRO
640
Premature flowering
,stem rot ,root rot and
anthrocnose
JBO 2003 (Ira) 2008 RRO 632x Sudan
Green x Tanganyika 1
Premature flowering
,stem rot ,root rot and
anthrocnose
11. Future trust
Therefore, molecular genetics and biotechnology
in jute in combination with conventional breeding
and other areas will guide future research for
improving quality and productivity of Corchorus
with enhanced biotic and abiotic stress tolerance.