Gupta, V.P (1971) Selection criteria for improving green fodder quality in pearl millet. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding , 31 (2). pp. 283-289.
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Abstract
One hundred and seventy-six lines of pearl millet representing Indian varieties, Indian inbreds, African varieties and American inbreds were evaluated for green forge yield and quality. Data on plant characters and chemical constituents for green fodder were utilized to find out the association of chemical characters with morphological characters. Correlation and regression studies revealed that more number of leaves, thin stems, less height and earliness a accounted for 87 percent variation in green fodder protein of Indian varieties, while less number of leaves and low tillering accounted for 50 percent variation in oxalic acid content of American inbreds. Asleafiness and high tillering favourably influence the grain yield it seemed feasible to combine good forage quality with high yield. Phosphorous calcium and ash showed some dependence on plant height and lateness but the degree of determination was only 5 to 20 percent
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Millet |
| Depositing User: | Mr B Krishnamurthy |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2012 09:45 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2012 09:45 |
| Official URL: | http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijo... |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/4067 |
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