@article{icrisat1920,
           title = {Feasibility of breeding male-sterile populations for use in developing interpopulation hybrids of pearl millet},
       publisher = {Blackwell Publishing},
            year = {2000},
          author = {K N Rai and D J Andrews and A S Rao},
           pages = {335--339},
          volume = {119},
            note = {Part of this work was done while KNR was a visiting scientist at the
University of Nebraska{$\backslash$} Lincoln{$\backslash$} USA[ Partial funding support from
Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co[ Pvt[ Ltd[ and INTSORMIL is gratefully acknowledged[},
         journal = {Plant Breeding},
          number = {4},
        keywords = {Pennisetum glaucum; inter-population hybrid;
male!sterile population; recurrent selection},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/1920/},
        abstract = {Inter!population hybrids of pearl millet{$\backslash$} Pennisetum `laucum "L[\# R[
Br[{$\backslash$} have a substantial grain yield advantage over open!pollinated var!
ieties that makes them an appropriate and economically viable prop!
osition for many African agricultural situations{$\backslash$} provided that stable
male!sterile populations can be developed for use as seed parents[ The
objective of this research was to examine the feasibility of breeding
stable male!sterile populations{$\backslash$} using the d1 dwarf version of Nigerian
Composite NCD1 and the A3 cytoplasmic?nuclear male sterility system
as a test case[ Results showed that two cycles of recurrent selection for
sterility maintenance ability led to the development of a fully e\}ective
maintainer version of NCD1[ There was no signi\_cant di\}erence
between the original C9 cycle bulk and the C2 cycle bulk "developed
from the third and \_nal cycle of recurrent selection\# for grain yield
and other agronomic traits[ The male!sterile population at the third
backcross stage{$\backslash$} developed from the maintainer version of NCD1{$\backslash$} had
as high a level of stable male sterility as the A0 system commercial
inbred male!sterile line 730A0[ Thus{$\backslash$} it is concluded that with the use
of the A3 cytoplasmic male!sterile system{$\backslash$} it would be possible rapidly
to develop a maintainer version of any population without detrimental
e\}ects on grain yield and agronomic traits[ Male sterility of populations
developed from these maintainers will be highly stable{$\backslash$} paving the way
for their e\}ective utilization as seed parents in breeding inter!population
hybrids[}
}