eprintid: 12011
rev_number: 7
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datestamp: 2022-09-21 04:20:52
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type: article
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creators_name: Gupta, S K
creators_name: Govintharaj, P
creators_name: Bhardwaj, R
icrisatcreators_name: Gupta, S K
icrisatcreators_name: Govintharaj, P
country: India
title: Three-Way Top-Cross Hybrids to Enhance Production of Forage with Improved Quality in Pearl Millet  
(Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.)
ispublished: pub
subjects: S1.5.1
divisions: GRP_ACI
full_text_status: public
keywords: Open-pollinated Varieties, Top-cross hybrids, Three-way top-cross hybrids, Forage yield, Forage quality
note: This work was financially supported by the ICRISAT−Pearl Millet Hybrid Par-ents Research Consortium (PMHPRC).
abstract: Three-way top-cross hybrids of pearl millet were evaluated along with a popular single- cross check hybrid (PAC 981) for forage yield and quality traits under a multi-cut (three cuts) system across multiple years, seasons and sites in India. Total green forage yield (TGFY) varied from 36 to 53 t ha−1, and two hybrids outyielded the check hybrid for both total dry forage yield (TDFY) and forage quality (CP; Crude protein, and IVOMD; In vitro organic matter digestibility) traits. A set of promising three-way top-cross hybrids evaluated along with a set of promising open-pollinated varieties (OPVs) and top-cross hybrids for forage-related traits over two years under a multi-cut system revealed that the mean TDFY of three-way top-cross hybrids was higher than the mean TDFY of top-cross hybrids, followed by OPVs. Also, three-way top-cross hybrids had higher/or at par forage quality traits such as CP and IVOMD in comparison to other types of cultivars. TDFY had no correlation with CP and IVOMD across cuts in three-way top-cross hybrids, indicating that forage quantity and quality traits can be improved independently of each other. Overall, three-way top-cross hybrids were found to be a better pearl millet cultivar option than other types of cultivars.
date: 2022
date_type: published
publication: Agriculture (TSI)
volume: 12(9)
number: 1508
publisher: MDPI
pagerange: 1-16
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2077-0472
official_url: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12091508
funders: Financial support for this project was provided by the ICRISAT−Pearl Millet Hybrid Par-ents Research Consortium (PMHPRC) and conducted under CGIAR, Research Program on Dryland Cereals.
citation:   Gupta, S K and Govintharaj, P and Bhardwaj, R  (2022) Three-Way Top-Cross Hybrids to Enhance Production of Forage with Improved Quality in Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.).  Agriculture (TSI), 12(9) (1508).  pp. 1-16.  ISSN 2077-0472     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/12011/1/agriculture-12-01508.pdf