Pareek, M. and Srivastava, M. and Mittal, V.P. (2009) Combining ability analysis for earliness and disease resistance in pearl millet. Crop Improvement, 36 (1). pp. 42-44.
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Abstract
Line × tester analysis involving 11 randomly taken male sterile lines and five pollinators in pearl millet revealed that none of the parents were good combiner for days to 50% flowering and downy mildew incidence. For days to maturity, six females and two males were found to be good combiners. Hybrids having high sca effect along with both the parents having high gca effect were identified for days to maturity. For disease infestation, three lines were found to be good combiners for low incidence of ergot and smut
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 141 004, India |
| Subjects: | Plant Protection > Pesticides Plant Protection > Pests |
| Divisions: | Millet |
| Depositing User: | Mr B Krishnamurthy |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2011 08:01 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jul 2011 08:01 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/2351 |
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