?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F443%2F&rft.title=Pearl+Millet+Male-Sterile+Line+ICMA+1+and+its+Maintainer+Line+ICMB+1.Plant+Material+Description+no.4&rft.creator=ICRISAT%2C+-&rft.subject=Millets&rft.description=The+Pennisetum+americanum+lines+ICMA1+and+ICMB1+were+developed+by+%CE%B3-irradiation+(30+kR)+of+Tift+23DB.+The+male+sterility+of+ICMA1+is+stably+expressed+over+sites+and+seasons%2C+with+good+grain+set+under+open+pollination.+ICMB1+is+a+profuse+pollen+shedder.+Both+lines+are+resistant+to+Sclerospora+graminicola.+In+2+preliminary+yield+trials+of+hybrids+made+with+common+pollinators+on+ICMA1+and+5141A%2C+the+hybrids+on+ICMA1+yielded+significantly+more+than+those+on+5141A%3B+they+were+also+slightly+taller+and+later%2C+tillered+less+but+had+longer+heads+and+larger+grains+and+tended+to+lodge+less.+ICMA1+carries+the+d2+dwarfing+gene+and+so+can+be+used+to+produce+hybrids+with+a+wide+range+of+heights.+Both+lines+have+compact+heads+and+light+gray+grains+with+a+1000-grain+weight+of+about+7+g.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=1985&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F443%2F1%2FPMD_04.pdf&rft.identifier=++ICRISAT%2C+-++(1985)+Pearl+Millet+Male-Sterile+Line+ICMA+1+and+its+Maintainer+Line+ICMB+1.Plant+Material+Description+no.4.++Manual.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics.+++++