Effect of type of sterile cytoplasm on manifestation of economically valuable traits in sorghum-sudangrass hybrids.

摘要

A comparative analysis of sorghum-sudangrass hybrids produced on the basis of isonuclear alloplasmic sorghum lines with different sterile cytoplasm types has revealed significant differences between them with respect to economically valuable traits. Hybrids produced with the use of A3 cytoplasm are characterized by low initial growth and narrow leaves; A4 cytoplasm, by more intensive initial growth and high carotene content; and 9E cytoplasm, by a lower green mass yield and wider leaves.Notes Translated from Doklady Rossiiskoi Akademii Sel'skokhozyaistvennykh Nauk (2012) No. 1, 12-15 (Ru).Digital Object Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.3103/S1068367412010107