<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Exploitation of Heterosis in Pearl Millet: A Review"^^ . "The phenomenon of heterosis has fascinated plant breeders ever since it was first described\r\nby Charles Darwin in 1876 in the vegetable kingdom and later elaborated by George H Shull and\r\nEdward M East in maize during 1908. Heterosis is the phenotypic and functional superiority\r\nmanifested in the F1 crosses over the parents. Various classical complementation mechanisms gave\r\nway to the study of the underlying potential cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible for\r\nheterosis. In cereals, such as maize, heterosis has been exploited very well, with the development of\r\nmany single-cross hybrids that revolutionized the yield and productivity enhancements. Pearl millet\r\n(Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) is one of the important cereal crops with nutritious grains and lower\r\nwater and energy footprints in addition to the capability of growing in some of the harshest and most\r\nmarginal environments of the world. In this highly cross-pollinating crop, heterosis was exploited\r\nby the development of a commercially viable cytoplasmic male-sterility (CMS) system involving a\r\nthree-lines breeding system (A-, B- and R-lines). The first set of male-sterile lines, i.e., Tift 23A and\r\nTift18A, were developed in the early 1960s in Tifton, Georgia, USA. These provided a breakthrough\r\nin the development of hybrids worldwide, e.g., Tift 23A was extensively used by Punjab Agricultural\r\nUniversity (PAU), Ludhiana, India, for the development of the first single-cross pearl millet hybrid,\r\nnamed Hybrid Bajra 1 (HB 1), in 1965. Over the past five decades, the pearl millet community has\r\nshown tremendous improvement in terms of cytoplasmic and nuclear diversification of the hybrid\r\nparental lines, which led to a progressive increase in the yield and adaptability of the hybrids that were\r\ndeveloped, resulting in significant genetic gains. Lately, the whole genome sequencing of Tift 23D2B1\r\nand re-sequencing of circa 1000 genomes by a consortium led by the International Crops Research\r\nInstitute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has been a significant milestone in the development of\r\ncutting-edge genetic and genomic resources in pearl millet. Recently, the application of genomics\r\nand molecular technologies has provided better insights into genetic architecture and patterns of\r\nheterotic gene pools. Development of whole-genome prediction models incorporating heterotic\r\ngene pool models, mapped traits and markers have the potential to take heterosis breeding to a new\r\nlevel in pearl millet. This review discusses advances and prospects in various fronts of heterosis for\r\npearl millet.\r\nKeywords:"^^ . "2020-06" . . . "9" . "807" . . "MDPI"^^ . . . "Plants"^^ . . . "22237747" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "R B"^^ . "Singh"^^ . "R B Singh"^^ . . "V"^^ . "Pujarula"^^ . "V Pujarula"^^ . . "R"^^ . "Gupta"^^ . "R Gupta"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Bollam"^^ . "S Bollam"^^ . . "G"^^ . "Potupureddi"^^ . "G Potupureddi"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Pusuluri"^^ . "M Pusuluri"^^ . . "R K"^^ . "Srivastava"^^ . "R K Srivastava"^^ . . . . . . "Exploitation of Heterosis in Pearl Millet: A Review (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "plants-09-00807.pdf"^^ . . . "Exploitation of Heterosis in Pearl Millet: A Review (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #11586 \n\nExploitation of Heterosis in Pearl Millet: A Review\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Pearl Millet"@en . . . "Genetics and Genomics"@en . .