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Exploitation of Hybrid Vigor for Identification of Promising Sorghum F1 Hybrid for High Grain Yield and Resistance to Sorghum Midge

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https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8853501
doi:10.1155/2020/8853501
 
Title Exploitation of Hybrid Vigor for Identification of Promising Sorghum F1 Hybrid for High Grain Yield and Resistance to Sorghum Midge
 
Creator Hamidou, M
Souleymane, O
Salifou, M
Ba, M N
Kapran, I
Gracen, V
Ofori, K
Yirenkyi Danquah, E
Marques, I
 
Subject Cereals
Crop Yield
Sorghum
 
Description Sorghum is the second most grown cereal crop in Niger. However, sorghum production in the country is dominated by indigenous cultivars with low productivity. Productivity in grain sorghum has been achieved in developing countries around the world using hybrids. (is study was conducted to evaluate heterosis in F1 sorghum hybrids for grain yield and resistance to midge. Fifty F1 sorghum hybrids were evaluated for grain yield and resistance to midge. Variation for grain yield, midge resistance, and flowering time was observed. (e magnitude of better parent heterosis for grain yield and resistance to midge varied significantly among hybrids. Four hybrids combined high better parent heterosis for both grain yield and resistance to midge while eight hybrids were better than their
better parent for resistance to midge. (ese hybrids performed well for grain yield and/or resistance to midge. (erefore, the parental lines involved in these hybrids can be advanced for commercial hybrids production or used in sorghum improvement programs.
 
Publisher Hindawi
 
Date 2020-11
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11684/1/8853501.pdf
Hamidou, M and Souleymane, O and Salifou, M and Ba, M N and Kapran, I and Gracen, V and Ofori, K and Yirenkyi Danquah, E and Marques, I (2020) Exploitation of Hybrid Vigor for Identification of Promising Sorghum F1 Hybrid for High Grain Yield and Resistance to Sorghum Midge. International Journal of Agronomy (TSI), 2020. pp. 1-5. ISSN 1687-8159