Heterosis in sorghum and pearl millet

The Genetics and Exploitation of Heterosis in Crops

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 375-386

  Axtell, J ^a   Kapran, I ^b   Ibrahim, Y ^a   Ejeta, G ^a   Andrews, D J ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institut National de Recherches Agronomiques du Niger   (Niger)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic male sterility; Heterosis; Hybrid development; Pearl millet; Seed industry; Sorghum hybrids; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442619545     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/1999.geneticsandexploitation.c35     Document Type: Chapter

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