Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, University of Agricultural Sciences, G.K.V.K., Bangalore 560065.
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Nonsignificant association and low heritability for grain yield in two intervarietal crosses of finger millet suggested that the selection based on grain yield in early generations is not advantageous. Selection indices formulated in F3 populations including plant height and number of productive tillers in the cross HR-911 x Indaf-9; ear weight, straw weight and harvest Index in the cross Indaf-8 x HR-41-2 were the best indices for indirect selection for grain yield.
Selection Indices, relative efficiency, finger millet
