USE OF PROLAMIN ELECTROPHORESIS IN BREEDING SORGHUM FOR HETEROSIS AND IN MARKING SORGHUM BIOTYPES OF VALUE FOR BREEDING

摘要

Selection of promising parental pairs and prediction of heterosis are of special importance in breeding for heterosis and growing of hybrid seed. Certain combinations of inbred lines give the best results in terms of heterosis, and therefore make it genetically significant for some crops. The perspectives of applying molecular biology to studies on heterosis and development of rapid and precise methods for predicting heterosis have recently been demonstrated. Biochemists and physiologists have developed methods for selecting parental pairs on the basis of biotests and serological differences in proteins.