http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11684 2021-03-24T03:52:16Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata http://oar.icrisat.org/11684/ Exploitation of Hybrid Vigor for Identification of Promising Sorghum F1 Hybrid for High Grain Yield and Resistance to Sorghum Midge Hamidou, M Souleymane, O Salifou, M Ba, M N Kapran, I Gracen, V Ofori, K Yirenkyi Danquah, E Marques, I Cereals Crop Yield Sorghum Sorghum is the second most grown cereal crop in Niger. However, sorghum production in the country is dominated by indigenous cultivars with low productivity. Productivity in grain sorghum has been achieved in developing countries around the world using hybrids. (is study was conducted to evaluate heterosis in F1 sorghum hybrids for grain yield and resistance to midge. Fifty F1 sorghum hybrids were evaluated for grain yield and resistance to midge. Variation for grain yield, midge resistance, and flowering time was observed. (e magnitude of better parent heterosis for grain yield and resistance to midge varied significantly among hybrids. Four hybrids combined high better parent heterosis for both grain yield and resistance to midge while eight hybrids were better than their better parent for resistance to midge. (ese hybrids performed well for grain yield and/or resistance to midge. (erefore, the parental lines involved in these hybrids can be advanced for commercial hybrids production or used in sorghum improvement programs. Hindawi 2020-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://oar.icrisat.org/11684/1/8853501.pdf Hamidou, M and Souleymane, O and Salifou, M and Ba, M N and Kapran, I and Gracen, V and Ofori, K and Yirenkyi Danquah, E and Marques, I (2020) Exploitation of Hybrid Vigor for Identification of Promising Sorghum F1 Hybrid for High Grain Yield and Resistance to Sorghum Midge. International Journal of Agronomy (TSI), 2020. pp. 1-5. ISSN 1687-8159 https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8853501 doi:10.1155/2020/8853501 info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage