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Recurrent Selection in Sorghum 1
Author(s) -
Doggett H.,
Eberhart S. A.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1968.0011183x000800010038x
Subject(s) - biology , sterility , sorghum , selection (genetic algorithm) , compositing , sorghum bicolor , cytoplasmic male sterility , agronomy , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , computer science , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics)
Genetic male sterility is an important tool that permits the recurrent selection methods developed and used so successfully for maize to be applied to other crops. A breeding system utilizing recurrent selection has been initiated at Serere for sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor L. Moench.) using Coes male sterility (ms 3 ). A detailed description ofthis breeding system is given including the compositing of the two breeding populations, the recurrent selection method used, and the subsequent development of hybrid varieties using the cytoplasmic male‐sterility and restorers.