relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/9425/
title: Combining ability of some sorghum lines for dry lands and sub-humid environments of East Africa
creator: Ringo, J
creator: Beatrice, W
creator: Mary, M
creator: Deshpande, S P
creator: Rathore, A
creator: Mneney, E
creator: Onkware, A
creator: Gudu, S
subject: Sorghum
description: Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is a major food crop grown in dry lands and sub-humid areas of East Africa. A study was conducted between 2010 to 2012 in dry lands (Miwaleni, Kiboko) and sub-humid (Ukiriguru) environments to identify parents for hybrid production. It involved 121 lines from ICRISAT and 121 hybrids developed from 36 male sterile lines and 42 restorer lines in a line × tester crossing. Experiments were planted in an alpha lattice design with three replications. Analysis revealed significant (P < 0.05) differences between parents and between crosses for yield and yield components, indicative of potentiality for exploitation. Line IESV23010 expressed best (-6.5) general combing ability (GCA) for days to 50% flowering (DAF). Highest general combiner for height was -55.4 expressed in ICSR24007 and for yield was 382.8 expressed in IESV92156DL. The crosses SDSA4×ICSR43 and SDSA4×ICSR59059 exhibited high and significant specific combining ability (SCA) for DAF. Lines IESB2 and ICSB44 were suited to sub-humid, whereas BTX623, ICSB15 and ICSB6 to dry lands environments. Testers IESV91104DL, IESV91131DL, ICSR93034 were well suited to dry lands whereas KARI-MTAMA1 and IESV23019 to sub-humid environments. The parents identified could be used to produce hybrids and varieties for the dry lands and sub-humid environments.
publisher: Academic Journals
date: 2015-05
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/9425/1/57804A152817.pdf
identifier:   Ringo, J and Beatrice, W and Mary, M and Deshpande, S P and Rathore, A and Mneney, E and Onkware, A and Gudu, S  (2015) Combining ability of some sorghum lines for dry lands and sub-humid environments of East Africa.  African Journal of Agricultural Research, 10 (19).  pp. 2048-2060.  ISSN 1991-637X     
relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2014.8519