Recurrent selection in sorghum populations

Doggett, H. (1972) Recurrent selection in sorghum populations. Heredity, 28. pp. 9-29.

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Abstract

TRADITIONAL methods of breeding improved varieties of mainly selfpollinating crops have been very successful. Success has been greatest when characters controlled by relatively few genetic factors have been the main objects of selection. Height and length of maturity differences, some pest and disease resistances, and some leaf and panicle characters tend to belong to this category. Even in an out-pollinating crop such as maize, initial yield increase may be due largely to major characters, as in Harrison's Kenya hybrid H-611 (Eberhart et at, 1967), where a short cob with many rows crossed to a long..

Item Type: Article
Author Affiliation: Cereals Breeding Unit, Serere Research Station, Soroti, Uganda, and the Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge
Subjects: Plant Production
Crop Improvement
Divisions: Sorghum
Depositing User: Mr. SanatKumar Behera
Date Deposited: 26 May 2012 14:13
Last Modified: 26 May 2012 14:13
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1972.2
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/5791

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