<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Characterization of ICRISAT Bred Pearl Millet Restorer Parents (2006-2019)"^^ . "Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L) R. Br.) is a major warm-season “nutricereal” grown on ~34 million\r\nha across the world with majority of area (>95%) in the arid and semi-arid tropical (SAT) regions of Asia\r\n(~11 million ha) and Africa (~22 million ha) (FAO, 2020). India being the largest producer with an average\r\nproduction of 8.61 million tonnes and productivity of 1243 kg ha-1 occupies an area of 6.93 million ha\r\n(Directorate of Millets Development, 2020). It is a highly cross-pollinated crop with an outcrossing rate\r\nof more than 85%. The protogynous flowering and wind-borne pollination favors cross-pollination,\r\nmaking open-pollinated varieties (OPVs) as the natural cultivar state of this crop. OPVs, however, are not\r\namenable to achieving as much heterozygosity and the consequent heterosis as it is possible in singlecross\r\nhybrids. Furthermore, OPVs are highly heterogeneous and hence morphologically more variable than\r\nsingle-cross hybrids. It has been observed that single-cross hybrids generally give 20-30% more grain yield\r\nthan OPVs (Rai et al. 2006). Based on these considerations, and with the availability of a commercially\r\nexploitable cytoplasmic-nuclear male sterility (CMS), the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) in\r\nIndia took the first significant step in the world to embark on grain hybrid development. With the rapid\r\ngrowth of a vibrant seed industry, pearl millet research in India, both in the private and the public sector,\r\nis now almost all directed towards hybrid breeding. In alignment with the regional priority in Asia region,\r\nICRISAT’s pearl millet improvement research at Patancheru playing a pivotal role in developing diverse\r\nrange of improved breeding lines and potential hybrid parents, leaving the development, testing and\r\nrelease of hybrids to the NARS and the private sector....."^^ . "2022-09-30" . . . "ICRISAT"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "P"^^ . "Kumar"^^ . "P Kumar"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Pujar"^^ . "M Pujar"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Patil"^^ . "S Patil"^^ . . "S K"^^ . "Gupta"^^ . "S K Gupta"^^ . . "R L"^^ . "Kannan"^^ . "R L Kannan"^^ . . . . . . "Characterization of ICRISAT Bred Pearl Millet Restorer Parents (2006-2019) (PDF)"^^ . . . "Characterization of ICRISAT Bred Pearl millet Restorer Parents (2006-2019)_low.pdf"^^ . . . "Characterization of ICRISAT Bred Pearl Millet Restorer Parents (2006-2019) (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #12012 \n\nCharacterization of ICRISAT Bred Pearl Millet Restorer Parents (2006-2019)\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Pearl Millet"@en . .