Fodder quality in sorghum

Ahluwalia, M and Rao, M J V (1980) Fodder quality in sorghum. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 40 (3). pp. 554-557. ISSN 0019-5200

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Abstract

The genetics of protein content and IVDMD of fodder sorghums was studied in a 10-parent diallel and a 4 × 10 line x tester mating designs. Both the characters exhibited preponderant additive gene action in their inheritance in addition to presence of non-additive genetic variance. The grain sorghums were better general combiners than fodder sorghums for the quality characters. ‘Pusa Chari-I’ was found to be a good genetic source for improving digestibility. Reciprocal recurrent selection after an initial straight selection for the quality characters is suggested as the breeding procedure to be adopted to improve fodder quality in sorghums

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Subjects: Mandate crops > Sorghum
Depositing User: Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited: 14 Nov 2012 08:24
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URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/6215
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