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Population Improvement of Pearl Millet and Sorghum: Current Research, Impact and Issues for Implementation

author(s) Rattunde, H F W - Rattunde, E W - Bramel-Cox, P J - Kofoid, K - Hash, C T - Schipprack, W - Stenhouse, J W - Presterl, T
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Rattunde, H F W and Rattunde, E W and Bramel-Cox, P J and Kofoid, K and Hash, C T and Schipprack, W and Stenhouse, J W and Presterl, T (1997) Population Improvement of Pearl Millet and Sorghum: Current Research, Impact and Issues for Implementation. In: Proceedings of the international conference on genetic improvement of sorghum and pearl millet., 1997 September, Lubbock, Texas USA

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Abstract

Populations o f pearl millet and sorghum are being developed and improved fo r a variety o f purposes. In this paper, we present a global review o f current populations, their composition, and methods for improvement. The potential impact o f these programs is indicated by recent results regarding responses to recurrent selection and the linkages ofpopulation improvement with development o f lines and varieties in these two crops. Recent research on generating interpool populations and modeling responses to alternative recurrent selection methods are presented fo r population improvement o f pearl millet

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