Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (The)
Year : 1981, Volume : 41, Issue : 2
First page : ( 213) Last page : ( 219)
Print ISSN : 0019-5200. Online ISSN : 0975-6906.

New Hybrids and Varieties of Sorghum and Their performance¹

Rao N. G. P.2, Rana B. S., Rao V. Jaya Mohan, Reddy B. Balarami

National Research Centre for Sorghum, IARI Regional Station, Hyderabad, 500 030 (A.P.)

²Present address: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Institute of Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, P.M.B. 1044, Zaria, NIERIA.

¹Part XXV of “Genetic analysis of some exotic X Indian crosses in sorghum”. Part XXIV appeared in Indian J. Genet., 41:

Abstract

The performance of some of the recently developed hybrids and varieties during the kkarif season in India over a three year period has been examined. The recently released hybrid SPH-61 (GSH-9) was consistently superior and the most stable in yield performance. Hybrids were generally superior in performance and stability compared to improved varieties, but the latter do reflect significant improvement over local cultivars and could supplement hybrids to accomplish greater coverage.

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