<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Genetic Variability for Agronomic Traits in Sorghum&#13;
Minicore Collection</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">L</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Rayaprolu</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">A</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Ashok Kumar</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">D</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Manohar Rao</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">S P</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Deshpande</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>Sorghum is a major cereal crop globally with&#13;
economically important uses such as food, feed, fodder, fuel,&#13;
and fiber. Crop improvement and precision breeding can be&#13;
achieved by understanding and utilizing the variability in&#13;
sorghum germplasm collection. A total of 242 germplasm&#13;
accessions of sorghum minicore were assessed for the extent&#13;
of variability, trait associations and genetic diversity.&#13;
Sorghum minicore collection was evaluated for agronomic&#13;
traits in two post-rainy seasons at ICRISAT- Patancheru,&#13;
India. Large variability was observed for agronomic traits&#13;
and strong associations between the traits studied. The 242&#13;
minicore accessions were grouped into six clusters under a&#13;
hierarchical dendrogram. Genotypes from diverse clusters&#13;
can be used in crossing programs to combine desirable traits&#13;
and can be used as donors in breeding programs.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Sorghum</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Genetics and Genomics</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2017-12</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>IJAIR</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Article</mods:genre></mods:mods>