?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F4830%2F&rft.title=Population+improvement+in+sorghum&rft.creator=Reddy%2C+B+V+S&rft.creator=Kumar%2C+A+A&rft.subject=Sorghum&rft.description=Sorghum+%5BSorghum+bicolor+(L.)+Moench%5D+is+the+fifth+important+cereal+crop+in+the+world+after+wheat%2C+rice%2C+maize+and+barley.+Of+late%2C+it+has+emerged+as+%E2%80%98fuel%E2%80%99+crop+in+addition+to+its+food%2C+feed+and+fodder+utilities.+Sorghum+is+predominantly+a+selfpollinated+crop+and+development+of+new+varieties+is+a+natural+option+for+crop+improvement.+However%2C+there+is+5+to+15%25+outcrossing+depending+upon+the+nature%0D%0Aof+genotype+and+humidity+(House+1985)%2C+which+makes+it+possible+to+use+population+improvement+and+hybrid+development+methods+to+exploit+the+heterosis.+Discovery%0D%0Aof+genetic+male+sterility+(GMS)+(Table+8)+and+cytoplasmic-nuclear+male+sterility+(CMS)+facilitated+the+application+of+recurrent+selection+procedures+(population+improvement)+and+hybrid+cultivar+development+methods%2C+respectively%2C+in+sorghum+improvement+programs.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi+Arid+Tropics+&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F4830%2F1%2FPopulation%2520improvement%2520in%2520sorghum.pdf&rft.identifier=++Reddy%2C+B+V+S+and+Kumar%2C+A+A++(2005)+Population+improvement+in+sorghum.++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi+Arid+Tropics+%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++