| Acknowledgement: |
I express my deep sense of gratitude to my supervisor, Prof T Pap1 Reddy,
Department of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, for his inspiring
guidance, keen interest, constant encouragement and valuable discussions
throughout the course of this investigation.
I express my heartfelt thanks to Dr B Diwakar, Acting Programme Leader,
Training and Fellowships Programme, International Crops Research Institute for
the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru and to Dr J W Stenhouse,
Programme Team Leader-Sorghum, ICRISAT, for permitting me to work at
ICRISAT and for extending the needed facilities. I am also deeply grateful to
Dr J W Stenhouse, for his timely suggestions, constructive criticism,
encouragement and fruitful discussions during this study.
I am highly grateful to Prof K Vaidyanath, Chairman, Board of Studies in
Genetics, and Prof M Vishwanath Reddy, Head of the Department of Genetics,
Osmania University, for their kind help, cooperation and encouragement.
I extend my grateful thanks to Dr B S Rana, Director, National Research Centre
for Sorghum, Hyderabad, for granting study leave, and for his coopration and
encouragement.
I am thankful to the Staff of Sorghum Breeding , Statistics unit and Crop
Quality unit of ICRISAT for the cooperation rendered throughout this study.
My sincere thanks are due to Dr Belum V S Reddy, Senior Scientist, Bmechg
for providing the genetic stocks needed for the study and the help rendered to
me . I also thank Dr S Chandra, Senior Statistician, for his vakratiQe
suggestions during the statistical analysis of the data. My very special thanks
are due to Mr M V Satyanarayana, Ms K Rukimini Devi, Mr P V Rao and Mr
B Ramaiah, Research associates, for their timely assistance and to Mr S
Sudhakara Chari, Mr S A Rasheed, Mr K Balwanth Reddy and Mr Y
Narsimha Rao, for their able technical support during the field work.
I gratefully acknowledge Dr M V R Prasad, Ex-Project Director and the staff of
the Directorate of Oilseeds Research(DOR), Hyderabad, for permitting me to do
my research at DOR during 1994 and for all the support .
My thankful appreciation goes to Mr K Prabhakar, Secretary, and Mr S B
Stanley, Senior Secretary, of ICRISAT for their untiring efforts in the preparation
of this thesis.
I warmly acknowledge the moral support given by my friends Ms Kamala
Venkateswaran, Dr C Aruna Reddy and Ms K Kanaka Durga during this
investigation.
Finally, I express my profound sense of gratitude to my husband, son and
daughter but for whose support I could not have completed this research work.
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