[PDF][PDF] Principles and utilization of combining ability in plant breeding

P Fasahat, A Rajabi, JM Rad… - Biometrics & Biostatistics …, 2016 - researchgate.net
In any hybridization program, recognition of the best combination of two (or more) parental
genotypes to maximize variance within related breeding populations, and as a result the …

[HTML][HTML] Heterosis in locally adapted sorghum genotypes and potential of hybrids for increased productivity in contrasting environments in Ethiopia

TT Mindaye, ES Mace, ID Godwin, DR Jordan - The crop journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Increased productivity in sorghum has been achieved in the developed world using hybrids.
Despite their yield advantage, introduced hybrids have not been adopted in Ethiopia due to …

The effect of waterlogging on yield and seed quality at the early flowering stage in Brassica napus L.

M Xu, H Ma, L Zeng, Y Cheng, G Lu, J Xu, X Zhang… - Field Crops …, 2015 - Elsevier
Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) suffers from serious waterlogging stress due to the rapeseed-
rice rotation system and heavy precipitation in China, which contains the largest rapeseed …

Yield of photoperiod‐sensitive sorghum hybrids based on guinea‐race germplasm under farmers' field conditions in Mali

HFW Rattunde, E Weltzien, B Diallo, AG Diallo… - Crop …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The first sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] hybrids based on West African Guinea‐
race‐derived parents were created to enhance farmer's food security and income through …

Breeding strategies to improve sorghum quality

AM Mofokeng, H Shimelis… - Australian Journal of Crop …, 2017 - search.informit.org
Sorghum is an important grain crop grown for human consumption worldwide. The crop is
classified into various races with the wild and cultivated sorghums included. The cultivated …

Sorghum hybrids for low‐input farming systems in West Africa: Quantitative genetic parameters to guide hybrid breeding

M Kante, F Rattunde, B Nébié, I Sissoko, B Diallo… - Crop …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The development of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] hybrids with Guinea‐race
parents is a promising approach to increase yields in West Africa (WA). There is heretofore …

Line x tester analysis to estimate combining ability in grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)

H Williams-Alanís, U Aranda… - Revista de la …, 2022 - revistas.uncu.edu.ar
Sorghum in Mexico ranks third in grain production. This study aimed to estimate general
combining ability (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA) for commercial and …

Combining ability of soybean (Glycine max L.) yield performance and related traits under water-limited stress conditions

MK Chiipanthenga, MT Labuschagne, IR Fandika… - Euphytica, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Development of improved genotypes requires acquiring adequate information on
genetic background and nature of gene action for planning appropriate breeding and …

Heterosis and combining ability estimates in isoflavone content using different parental soybean accessions: wild soybean, a valuable germplasm for soybean …

Y Bi, W Li, J Xiao, H Lin, M Liu, M Liu, X Luan, B Zhang… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Isoflavone, a group of secondary metabolites in soybean, is beneficial to human health.
Improving isoflavone content in soybean seeds has become one of the most important …

Combining ability of cytoplasmic male sterility on yield and agronomic traits of sorghum for grain and biomass dual-purpose use

S He, C Tang, ML Wang, S Li, B Diallo, Y Xu… - Industrial Crops and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is a high-yielding C4 crop used not only to
produce grains for food, feed, and industrial uses but also biomass (ie, leaf and stem) for …