Study of Gene Effects for Stalk Sugar Yield and Its Component Traits in Sweet Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] Using Generation Mean Analysis

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

Sudhir Kumar ¹ (Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Agricultural College, Andhra Pradesh)
K. H. P. Reddy ² (Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Agricultural College, Andhra Pradesh)
P. Srinivasa Rao ³ (BInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Hyderabad)
P. Sanjana Reddy ⁴ (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Hyderabad)
Belum V. S. Reddy ⁵ (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Hyderabad)

Received: 2010-11-22 Accepted : 2010-12-14 Published : 2010-12-14

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