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Govindaraj., M, K. N. Rai, P. Shanmugasundaram, S. L. Dwivedi, K. L. Sahrawat, Ar Muthaiah, And A. S. Rao. 2012. Combining Ability And Heterosis For Grain Iron And Zinc Density In Pearl Millet. Crop Science 53 (2): 507-517 Https://Www.Crops.Org/Publications/Cs/Abstracts/53/2/507, Mahalingam Govindaraj
Mahalingam Govindaraj
Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is an important staple food crop in the semiarid tropical regions of Asia and Africa. As part of a major initiative to improve its grain Fe and Zn densities, two sets of line × tester studies were conducted. Results showed that the underlying physiological processes determining the grain Fe and Zn densities were largely under additive genetic control, and Fe and Zn densities of the inbred lines per se and their general combining ability (GCA) were positively and highly significantly correlated. This would imply that recurrent selection can be effectively used to improve …