Inheritance of smut resistance in pearl millet

Chavan, S B and Thakur, R P and Rao, K P (1988) Inheritance of smut resistance in pearl millet. Plant Disease Research, 3 (2). pp. 192-197.

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Abstract

Inheritance of smut resistance was studied in pearl millet by a diallel analysis, involving four resistant and four susceptible inbred lines. Among the four susceptible lines, two were restorers and two were maintainers. All the crosses involving both resistant parents were, in general, less susceptible (<1% severity) than those involving one or both susceptible parents. However, a cross involving J 104 and 843 B, both susceptible parents, showed less disease (1.7% severity) as well as a negative specific combining ability (SCA) value, indicating a good possibility of utilizing it to isolate new smut-resistant B and R lines. The results indicate that inheritance to smut is dominant or partially dominant, with both additive and nonadditive gene effects

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Uncontrolled Keywords:	Pearl millet, smut, tolyposporium penicillariae, inheritance
Subjects:	Mandate crops > Millets
Depositing User:	Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited:	02 Nov 2011 07:50
Last Modified:	02 Nov 2011 07:50
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3535
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