@inproceedings{icrisat4254,
       booktitle = {Molecular approaches for the genetic improvement of cereals for stable production in water-limited environments},
            year = {2000},
           title = {Marker-assisted backcrossing to improve terminal drought tolerance in pearl millet},
           pages = {114--119},
          author = {C T Hash and R S Yadav and G P Cavan and C J Howarth and H Liu and X Qi and A Sharma and M A Kolesnikova-Allen and F R Bidinger and J R Witcombe},
            note = {The work reported has been supported by unrestricted core funding contributions from many donors to the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), and by a series of collaborative projects funded by the United Kingdom?s Department for International Development (DFID) for the benefit of developing
countries that have provided funds to the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER), the
Centre for Arid Zone Studies (CAZS), the John Innes Centre (JIC), the Chaudary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), and ICRISAT. The views expressed
are not necessarily those of DFID. Special thanks to Mr. A. Ganapati, Mr. P. Om Prakash, and Ms. S. Sateera Banu for their technical assistance in the marker-assisted backcrossing programs described in this manuscript},
        keywords = {Pearls; Pennisetum glaucum; Cereals; Plant breeding; Molecular genetics; Genetic control; Drought stress; Drought resistance; Research projects; Yields},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/4254/},
        abstract = {Several alternative marker-assisted backcrossing (MABC) procedures are described that can be used for
transferring quantitative trait loci (QTLs) from a donor to an elite recurrent parent when these two lines
have been used in forming the base mapping population. We describe ICRISAT?s experience to date in
using these methods in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.). We are attempting to improve
terminal drought tolerance of elite inbred pollinator H 77/833-2 using donor PRLT 2/89-33, and elite
inbred seed parent maintainer line ICMB 841 using donor 863B. The advantages and disadvantages of the
alternatives are discussed}
}