QUANTITATIVE GENETIC STUDIES IN RELATION TO POPULATION IMPROVEMENT IN PEARL MILLET

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Published: Feb 25, 1993
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Pennisetum ama-icanum (L.), population improvement, genetic advance.

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P. B. GHORPADE
Department of Agricultural Botany, Punjabrao Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola 444104
LATHA V. METTA
Department of Agricultural Botany, Punjabrao Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola 444104

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Quantitative genetic studies inWC-C75 population indicated that additive geneticvariance was important in the inheritance of all the traits studied. Heritability estimates on progeny mean basis were high for all characters in all families and moderate for grain yield/plant (0.31) in half-sib families. Expected genetic advance for 51 family selection was high for most traits, particularly for grain yield per plant (25.7%), indicating that 51 family selection was superior method for population improvement.

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GHORPADE, P. B., & METTA, L. V. (1993). QUANTITATIVE GENETIC STUDIES IN RELATION TO POPULATION IMPROVEMENT IN PEARL MILLET. INDIAN JOURNAL OF GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDING, 53(01), 1–3. https://doi.org/.
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Vol. 53 No. 01 (1993): Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding
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