<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Feasibility of breeding male-sterile populations for use in developing interpopulation hybrids of pearl millet"^^ . "Inter!population hybrids of pearl millet\\ Pennisetum `laucum \"L[# R[\r\nBr[\\ have a substantial grain yield advantage over open!pollinated var!\r\nieties that makes them an appropriate and economically viable prop!\r\nosition for many African agricultural situations\\ provided that stable\r\nmale!sterile populations can be developed for use as seed parents[ The\r\nobjective of this research was to examine the feasibility of breeding\r\nstable male!sterile populations\\ using the d1 dwarf version of Nigerian\r\nComposite NCD1 and the A3 cytoplasmic�nuclear male sterility system\r\nas a test case[ Results showed that two cycles of recurrent selection for\r\nsterility maintenance ability led to the development of a fully e}ective\r\nmaintainer version of NCD1[ There was no signi_cant di}erence\r\nbetween the original C9 cycle bulk and the C2 cycle bulk \"developed\r\nfrom the third and _nal cycle of recurrent selection# for grain yield\r\nand other agronomic traits[ The male!sterile population at the third\r\nbackcross stage\\ developed from the maintainer version of NCD1\\ had\r\nas high a level of stable male sterility as the A0 system commercial\r\ninbred male!sterile line 730A0[ Thus\\ it is concluded that with the use\r\nof the A3 cytoplasmic male!sterile system\\ it would be possible rapidly\r\nto develop a maintainer version of any population without detrimental\r\ne}ects on grain yield and agronomic traits[ Male sterility of populations\r\ndeveloped from these maintainers will be highly stable\\ paving the way\r\nfor their e}ective utilization as seed parents in breeding inter!population\r\nhybrids["^^ . "2000" . . "119" . "4" . . "Blackwell Publishing"^^ . . . "Plant Breeding"^^ . . . "90688430" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "K N"^^ . "Rai"^^ . "K N Rai"^^ . . "A S"^^ . "Rao"^^ . "A S Rao"^^ . . "D J"^^ . "Andrews"^^ . "D J Andrews"^^ . . . . . . "Feasibility of breeding male-sterile populations for use in developing interpopulation hybrids of pearl millet (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Feasibility of breeding male-sterile populations for use in developing interpopulation hybrids of pearl millet (Image (JPEG))"^^ . . . . . . "Feasibility of breeding male-sterile populations for use in developing interpopulation hybrids of pearl millet (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #1920 \n\nFeasibility of breeding male-sterile populations for use in developing interpopulation hybrids of pearl millet\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Millets"@en . .