Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India
*Present Address: National Fellow, I.A.R.I. Regional Station, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500030, India.
A viable short-term strategy has been outlined to breed productive composite populations. The major steps in the strategy are generating a base gene pool, reordering it into a productive gene pool by appropriate systems of mating and syphoning composite populations through effective selection. The strategy was field tested in Pennisettum typhoides and Brassica campestris and found efficient. The utility and implications of this strategy are discussed.
