Article
Seed parent breeding efficiency of three diverse cytoplasmic-nuclear male-sterility systems in pearl millet
2009-02-01
Abstract excerpt
Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) hybrids, grown widely in India and to some extent in the US, are all based on an A₁ CMS source, leaving the pearl millet hybrids vulnerable to potential disease or insect pest epidemics. A comparison of this CMS system with two additional CMS systems (A₄ and A₅) in the present study based on isonuclear A-lines (seed parents) and their isonuclear hybrids showed that A-l...
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- ca2a79d7-096f-5ef1-b187-7433239fb2c5
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- 10.1007/s10681-008-9765-7
