Gueye, T. and Sine, B. and Cisse, N. and Diatta, C. and Ndiaye, S. (2016) Characterization of phenotypic diversity of Sorghum collection for developing breeding material. International Journal of Sciences, 5 (2). pp. 38-48.
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Abstract
Agro-morphological characterization of sorghum collection in Senegal showed a wide range of variation, linked to traits like plant duration, plant height, and yield components. Sorghum accessions or landrace characterized by short duration, high, and low-medium yield components are the most represented in the collection. Simple correlations between variables of different types relating to phenology, vegetative growth, and yield components are very different, showing a relative independence of characters, and thus a wide phenotypic diversity. This diversity can be explained by plant duration, plant height, grain weight per foot, and the shape of the panicle. From these agro-morphological characteristics, varietal groups based on similarity were identified and accessions with interesting agro-morphological characteristics clustered. Racially diversity, dominated by Guinea, caudatum and Durra are also observed. This collection is an interesting breeding material for improving sorghum.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Sorghum, landrace, phenotypic diversity, plant improvment |
| Author Affiliation: | Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Agriculture (ENSA), BPA296, Thies (Senegal) |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2016 10:12 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2016 10:12 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/14452 |
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