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Development of cytoplasmic-nuclear male sterility, its inheritance, and potential use in hybrid pigeonpea breeding.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Saxena Kul B, Ravikoti V Kumar, Dalvi Vijay A, Pandey Lalji B, Gaddikeri Guruprasad
Abstract excerpt
Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] is a unique food legume because of its partial (20-30%) outcrossing nature, which provides an opportunity to breed commercial hybrids. To achieve this, it is essential to have a stable male-sterility system. This paper reports the selection of a cytoplasmic-nuclear male-sterility (CMS) system derived from an interspecific cross between a wild relative of pigeonpea (Cajanus...
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