%0 Conference Paper
%A Abdulmaliki, R O
%A Jonah, J
%A Yeye, M Y
%A Angarawai, I I
%B African Plant Breeders Conference (APBA)
%C Accra, Ghana
%D 2019
%F icrisat:11441
%K Sorghum, Cereal, Breeding
%T Genetic Analysis of Grain Yield and Quality Traits in Sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Varieties
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/11441/
%X Sorghum is one of the world's major cereal crops and a dietary staple for more than 500 million people in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia (Alina et al., 2017). Numerous studies have demonstrated that sorghum is a very diverse crop, with cultivated sorghums exhibiting great phenotypic variability. Assessment of the genetic variability for yield and quality characters is a key component of breeding programs for broadening the gene pool of crops, in characterization of germplasm collections and for the choice of parental genotypes. A study was conducted to estimate genetic variability and broad-sense heritability in some bold grained sorghum varieties.
%Z Financial support of AVISA Project for this study is gratefully acknowledged. The authors are also grateful to the staff of the IAR and ICRISAT Sorghum Program for their technical assistance.