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Inbreeding depression in pearl millet composites

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Title Inbreeding depression in pearl millet composites
 
Creator Rai, K N
Andrews, D J
Suresh Babu, V
 
Subject Millets
Plant Pathology
Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description The objective of this investigation was to examine the effects of one generation
of selfing on grain yield, plant height, head length, 1000 seed weight, and days to
flowering in the base populations as well as in three successive full sib recurrem
selection cycle bulks of the Medium Maturity Composite and Serere Composite-l of
pearl millet -[Penniseium americanum (L.) Leeke). The experimental materials consisted
of random mated bulks ยท and single generation selfed bulks from 400 random
pl~nts corresponding to each cycle (cycle 0 to 3) of both the composites. Results
showed that a.verage inbreeding depressions in both the composites were highest for
grain yield (25 % and 36 %) followed by 1000 seed weight (L2 % and 14 0/0). Plant height,days to flowering and --head length were least affected...............
 
Publisher Verlag Paul Parey
 
Date 1985
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/6117/1/Z%20%20Pflanzenzuchrg_94_201-207_1985.pdf
Rai, K N and Andrews, D J and Suresh Babu, V (1985) Inbreeding depression in pearl millet composites. Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenzuchtung(Plant Breeding), 94. pp. 201-207. ISSN 1439-0523