<ctx:context-object xsi:schemaLocation="info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:ctx http://www.openurl.info/registry/docs/info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:ctx" timestamp="2015-11-17T08:06:44Z" xmlns:ctx="info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:ctx" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XML"><ctx:referent><ctx:identifier>info:oai:icrisat:9133</ctx:identifier><ctx:metadata-by-val><ctx:format>info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:oai_dc</ctx:format><ctx:metadata><oai_dc:dc xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
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        <dc:title>Characterization of ICRISAT-bred Pearl Millet Restorer Parents</dc:title>
        <dc:creator>Gupta, S K</dc:creator>
        <dc:creator>Rai, K N</dc:creator>
        <dc:creator>Atkari, D G</dc:creator>
        <dc:creator>Ghouse, S K C</dc:creator>
        <dc:subject>Millets</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>Pearl Millet</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>Genetics and Genomics</dc:subject>
        <dc:description>Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L) R. Br.], primarily grown for grain&#13;
production on more than 26 m ha in the arid and semi-arid tropical (SAT)&#13;
regions of Asia and Africa, is a highly nutritious cereal crop with wide&#13;
agro- ecological adaptation. India, the largest producer of this crop at the&#13;
global level, cultivates pearl millet on about &gt;9 million ha contributing&#13;
to more than 90% area of the crop in the Asian region. It is a highly cross&#13;
pollinated crop, and single-cross hybrids generally give 20-30% more&#13;
yield than open pollinated varieties (Rai et al. 2006). With the availability&#13;
of commercially exploitable cytoplasmic-nuclear male sterility (CMS)&#13;
systems in pearl millet, the national agricultural research system (NARS)&#13;
and the private seed sector in India focused their breeding programs&#13;
on hybrid development. This led to the development and adoption of&#13;
a diverse range and large number of hybrids (&gt; 80 in 2011) and now&#13;
occupying &gt; 4.5 m ha area, which is about half the total pearl millet area&#13;
being cultivated in India (Rai et al. 2006). ICRISAT also aligned its breeding&#13;
program to developing promising hybrid parental lines in order to support&#13;
the Asian pearl millet hybrid program...</dc:description>
        <dc:publisher>ICRISAT</dc:publisher>
        <dc:date>2015</dc:date>
        <dc:type>Monograph</dc:type>
        <dc:type>NonPeerReviewed</dc:type>
        <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
        <dc:language>en</dc:language>
        <dc:identifier>http://oar.icrisat.org/9133/1/Characterization%20of%20icrisat-bred%20pearl%20millet%20restorer%20parents.pdf</dc:identifier>
        <dc:identifier>  Gupta, S K and Rai, K N and Atkari, D G and Ghouse, S K C  (2015) Characterization of ICRISAT-bred Pearl Millet Restorer Parents.  Technical Report. ICRISAT, Patancheru, Telangana, India.     </dc:identifier></oai_dc:dc></ctx:metadata></ctx:metadata-by-val></ctx:referent></ctx:context-object>