Heterosis in white-grained grain mold resistant sorghum hybrids

Ashok Kumar, A and Reddy, B V S and Ramaiah, B and Sharma, R (2011) Heterosis in white-grained grain mold resistant sorghum hybrids. Journal of SAT Agricultural Research, 9. 6pp.. ISSN 0973-3094

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Abstract

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is an important food and feed crop grown in more than 90 countries. Globally it is grown on over 40 million ha predominantly in tropical Africa and India for food and in temperate areas (Americas, Europe and Australia) as a feed crop (Reddy et al. 2011). India has largest area (7.5 million ha) under sorghum and 40% of this area is in rainy season while postrainy season sorghum accounts for the remaining area. Grain mold, a highly destructive disease of sorghum cultivated in the rainy season, is widely distributed in the semi-arid tropics of Africa, Americas and Asia including India (Stenhouse et al. 1997)...

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Subjects:	Mandate crops > Sorghum
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Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2011 09:23
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URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/4692
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