Male-sterility systems in pigeonpea and their role in enhancing yield
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Saxena, K.B., Sultana, R., Mallikarjuna, N., Saxena, R.K., Kumar, R.V., Sawargaonkar, S.L. and Varshney, R.K.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4562-9131
(2010)
Male-sterility systems in pigeonpea and their role in enhancing yield.
Plant Breeding, 129
(2).
pp. 125-134.
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Abstract
Male-sterility has been successfully used for enhancing yield in a number of cereal and vegetable crops. In food legumes, this technology could never be used either due to non-availability of natural out-crossing system, or an efficient male-sterility system or both. Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] is a partially cross-pollinated food legume and recent success in breeding a stable male-sterility system has allowed breeders to exploit hybrid vigour for increasing yields. The cytoplasmic-nuclear male-sterility (CMS)-based hybrids have recorded 28.4% yield superiority over local checks in farmers’ fields. This paper besides summarizing the reports of all the genetic and CMS systems, also discusses the prospects of utilizing these male-sterility systems in commercial hybrid breeding programmes.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Copyright: | © 2010 Blackwell Verlag GmbH |
| URI: | http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/63384 |
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