Author: Ch Devendar
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
Heterosis and Combining Ability Studies in Line X Tester Interspecific Forage Sorghum Hybrids
Heterosis and Combining Ability Studies for Forage Traits in Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor L Moench) from Line X Tester Analysis
Studies on Heterosis and Line X Tester Analysis of Combining Ability in Grain and Forage Sorghum Crosses
Author: K. Chandrashekharappa
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Studies on Heterosis and Combining Ability of Interspecific Hybrids of Gossypium Hirsutum L X Gossypium Barbadense L Cottons Form a Line X Tester Analysis
Forage Sorghum Hybrids
Author: Maarouf Mohammed
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9783838379326
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Sorghum crop provides the bulk of the animal feed in Sudan where the second largest animal wealth in Africa exists; yet attempts to develop improved types of forage sorghum were lacking or very few. This book presents the first endeavor in the Sudan to explore the potential of locally developed forage sorghum hybrids. Most of our present knowledge about combining ability in sorghum was based on studies carried in temperate environments with materials limited to photoperiod conversion program. In this work, local genetic stocks beside exotic ones were used under tropical conditions . The heterosis study revealed significant gains in forage yield over the existing maxima including the introduced commercial hybrid. Since the exotic material may transfer unwelcome traits to their progenies, the choice of local x local hybrids was recommended. Scientists and workers in hybrid seed industry may find this book interesting, as it introduces them to the potentialities of sorghum variability in Sudan.Students of genetics and plant breeding may also find this book informative, specifically in the area of heterosis and genetic analysis.
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9783838379326
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Sorghum crop provides the bulk of the animal feed in Sudan where the second largest animal wealth in Africa exists; yet attempts to develop improved types of forage sorghum were lacking or very few. This book presents the first endeavor in the Sudan to explore the potential of locally developed forage sorghum hybrids. Most of our present knowledge about combining ability in sorghum was based on studies carried in temperate environments with materials limited to photoperiod conversion program. In this work, local genetic stocks beside exotic ones were used under tropical conditions . The heterosis study revealed significant gains in forage yield over the existing maxima including the introduced commercial hybrid. Since the exotic material may transfer unwelcome traits to their progenies, the choice of local x local hybrids was recommended. Scientists and workers in hybrid seed industry may find this book interesting, as it introduces them to the potentialities of sorghum variability in Sudan.Students of genetics and plant breeding may also find this book informative, specifically in the area of heterosis and genetic analysis.