%0 Report
%9 Documentation
%A Saxena, K B
%A Gowda, C L L
%A Reddy, B V S
%A Rai, K N
%C Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India
%D 2005
%F icrisat:4889
%I International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
%T ICRISAT-Private Sector Partnership in Hybrid Parents Research. An ICRISAT Success Story
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/4889/
%X Recent years have witnessed remarkable growth  in private sector investment in crop improvement,  research and development, especially in crops  that provide hybrid cultivar options. The sorghum  and pearl millet hybrid seed industry has a wellestablished  base in India and has derived  immense economic benefits from hybrid parents  research at ICRISAT. Pigeonpea hybrids are also  now becoming a commercially viable proposition.