Effect of recurrent selection on plant type in pearl millet populations

Govil, J.N. (1980) Effect of recurrent selection on plant type in pearl millet populations. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, 14 (4). pp. 224-228.

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Abstract

High-yielding and low-yielding individuals were selected from 208 full-sibs derived by reciprocal recurrent selection for shorter plants and earliness in two Pennisetum americanum composites. Plants in the improved populations had fewer and shorter nodes than those in the unselected composites. Within populations, the length of internodes from the bottom to the top of the plant followed a pattern. These patterns differed between populations but were consistent for the two composites

Item Type: Article
Author Affiliation: Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
Subjects: Crop Improvement > Genetics/Genomics
Crop Improvement > Plant Breeding
Divisions: Millet
Depositing User: Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited: 03 May 2012 09:04
Last Modified: 03 May 2012 09:04
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/5078

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