Chavda, D.H. and Drolsom, P.N. (1970) Heterosis among crosses of eight selected parental strains in sorghum. Indian Journal of Agricultural Science, 40. pp. 967-973.
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Abstract
Five forage-sorghum cultivars, two Sudan-grass cultivars and an experimental Sudan-grass strain were studied in hybrid combinations. Heterosis was exhibited by the hybrids for plant height, node number, culm diameter, leaf length and width and dry-matter yield. Increases in dry-matter yield over the parental means were up to 65% in a few hybrids. Differences between reciprocal crosses were significant for all characters except dry-matter yield. Sudan-grass x forage-sorghum hybrids were significantly superior to the hybrids of Sudan grass x Sudan grass or forage sorghum x forage sorghum in dry-matter yield. Dry matter yield was associated positively with plant height, node number, tiller number and leaf length and negatively with leaf width.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Dep Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. |
| Subjects: | Plant Production Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Mr. SanatKumar Behera |
| Date Deposited: | 27 May 2012 11:20 |
| Last Modified: | 27 May 2012 11:20 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/5794 |
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