The Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding
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  • Year: 1995
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue: 4

Inheritance of resistance to rust in pearl millet

  • Author:
  • N. Ramamoorthi, G. Thulaidas, G. Arjunan, K. S. Jehangir
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 362 to 364

National Pulses Research Centre, Vamban, Tamil Nadu 622303.

* Present address: Agricultural Research Station, Vaigaidam, Dist. Madurai, Tamil Nadu 626502.

Abstract

The inheritance of resistance to rust (Puccinia penniseti Zimm.) in pearl millet was studied in different generations of twenty crosses involving resistant and susceptible parents. Resistance was found to be a dominant trait with monogenic control.

Keywords

Puccinia penniseti, monogenic, inheritance