All India Coordinated Sorghum Improvement Project, IARI Regional Research Station, Hyderabad, 500 030
Online published on 25 January, 2012.
Resistance to sorghum rust (Puccinia purpurea Gke.,) is governed by three major genes, susceptibility being dominant. The ‘tan’ plant type and resistance are strongly linked. There is reason to believe that there may be physiological races of the rust fungus. The cultivar CSV-5 (148/168) a dwarf derivative of the exotic × Indian cross IS 3687 × Aispuri, combines satisfactory yields with resistance to most leaf spots, downy mildew and tolerance to Striga, shootfly and stem borer and is therefore a useful parent for combining yield and resistance attributes. ( )
