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Genetics of Qualitative Traits in Pearl Millet: A Review

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci1993.0011183X003300010001x
 
Title Genetics of Qualitative Traits in Pearl Millet: A Review
 
Creator Kumar, K A
Andrews, D J
 
Subject Millets
Genetics and Genomics
 
Description Pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br., is the principal food cereal on 25 million ha of the drought-prone semiarid regions of Africa and the Indian subcontinent. It is also used as a forage in Australia, southern Africa, South America, and the USA, and has shown regions. Recent increased levels of breeding and genetic research, now including gene mapping, have indicated a need for a current comprehensive review of accumulated genetic information on qualitative traits in this species. The present descriptive review attempts to meet this need and reports 167 studies. since 1934, on 145 characters in 12 categories: chlorophyll deficiencies, foliage striping, leaf characters, pubescence, plant form, pigmentation, earhead characters, reproductive structures and gamete formation, sterility, seed characters, earliness and maturity, and disease resistance. Gene symbols, where assigned by authors, are listed, and the nature of genetic effects are given. Known linkages and biochemical genetic markers are also reviewed. A consistent nomenclature system should be developed and followed in the future, and a location designated for the deposition of genetic stocks.
 
Publisher Crop Science Society of America
 
Date 1993
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/9100/1/CropSci_33_1_1-20_1993.pdf
Kumar, K A and Andrews, D J (1993) Genetics of Qualitative Traits in Pearl Millet: A Review. Crop Science, 33 (1). pp. 1-20. ISSN 0011-183X