Effects of the d2 dwarfing gene in pearl millet

    Bidinger, F R and Rnju, D S (1990) Effects of the d2 dwarfing gene in pearl millet. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 79 (4). pp. 521-524. ISSN 0040-5752

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    Abstract

    Dwarf varieties have had virtually no impact on the production of pearl millet, in contrast to the case of wheat, rice, and sorghum. This research compared tall and dwarf near-isogenic F1 hybrids to attempt to determine if there were deleterious effects of the d 2 dwarfing gene that might account for the lack of release/cultivation of dwarf pearl millet cultivars. Dwarf isohybrids on average yielded less than the tails, because of a smaller average seed size combined with a similar grain number per unit area. There was, however, a larger contribution of background genetic variation (pollinator, male-sterile, and interaction effects) to hybrid variation for nearly all characters measured, including seed size, than there was of the dwarfing gene. Selection of dwarf parents capable of producing hybrids with equal seed size and yield to that of tall parents should not be difficult

    Item Type: Article
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    Uncontrolled Keywords: Pearl millet, Dwarfing gene, Parental effects, Near-isogenic hybrids
    Subjects: Mandate crops > Millets
    Depositing User: Library ICRISAT
    Date Deposited: 15 Dec 2011 13:33
    Last Modified: 12 Feb 2014 04:37
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/4968
    Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00226162
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