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Exploiting Heterosis in Pearl Millet for Population Breeding in Arid Environments

T. Presterl*,a and E. Weltzienb

a Inst. of Plant Breeding, Seed Science, and Population Genetics, Univ. of Hohenheim, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany
b International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), B.P. 320, Bamako, Mali



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Fig. 1. Relationship between population cross grain yield and midparent heterosis averaged across the three Rajasthan environments (left) and the three Patancheru environments (right).

 


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Fig. 2. Additive effects (deviation of individual mean of population or environment from overall mean) and principal component axis 1 (PCA 1) from the additive main effects and multiplicative interaction analysis for grain yield.

 





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