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Phenotypic Data from Inbred Parents Can Improve Genomic Prediction in Pearl Millet Hybrids.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 2 Jul 2018
Liang Zhikai, Gupta Shashi K, Yeh Cheng-Ting, Zhang Yang, Ngu Daniel W, Kumar Ramesh, Patil Hemant T, Mungra Kanulal D, Yadav Dev Vart, Rathore Abhishek, Srivastava Rakesh K, Gupta Rajeev, Yang Jinliang, Varshney Rajeev K, Schnable Patrick S, Schnable James C
Abstract excerpt
Pearl millet is a non-model grain and fodder crop adapted to extremely hot and dry environments globally. In India, a great deal of public and private sectors' investment has focused on developing pearl millet single cross hybrids based on the cytoplasmic-genetic male sterility (CMS) system, while in Africa most pearl millet production relies on open pollinated varieties. Pearl millet lines were phenotyped for...
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