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Impact of improved sorghum cultivars on genetic diversity and yield stability
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Impact of improved sorghum cultivars on genetic diversity and yield stability
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Deb, U K
Bantilan, M C S Reddy, B V S Bramel, P J Rao, N K |
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Sorghum
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The genetic diversity of a crop species is fundamental to its improvement and survival. Low levels of genetic diversity in cultivars increasingly render them vulnerable to unexpected pests and diseases, resulting in major production losses. History has been witness to numerous epidemics caused by low levels of nuclear and cytoplasmic genetic diversity. These include the blight that affected temperate potatoes in the northern hemisphere in the 1840s and the southern corn leaf blight epidemic of maize in the USA in 1970 (McIntyre et al. 1997). |
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International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
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2004
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Book Section
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application/pdf
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en
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http://oar.icrisat.org/4812/1/Impact%20of%20improved%20sorghum%20cultivars%20on%20genetic%20diversity%20and%20yield%20stability.pdf
Deb, U K and Bantilan, M C S and Reddy, B V S and Bramel, P J and Rao, N K (2004) Impact of improved sorghum cultivars on genetic diversity and yield stability. In: Sorghum genetic enhancement: research process, dissemination and impacts. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics , Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, pp. 225-234. ISBN 92-9066-470-3 |
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