Combining ability and hybrid breeding in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.) for agronomic traits and resistance to Striga hermonthica

Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br., 2n = 2x = 14) is a nutrient-dense and climate-resilient crop widely cultivated in the dry regions of Africa and Asia. In Burkina Faso, the actual mean yield of the crop is < 1 ton/ha compared with a potential yield of 3 tons/ha. Several constraints, incl...

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Autores principales: Rouamba, Armel, Hussein, Shimelis, Drabo, Inoussa, Mrema, Emmanuel, Mashilo, Jacob, Mwadzingeni, Learnmore
Formato: Journal Article
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Publicado: Springer 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159828
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author Rouamba, Armel
Hussein, Shimelis
Drabo, Inoussa
Mrema, Emmanuel
Mashilo, Jacob
Mwadzingeni, Learnmore
author_browse Drabo, Inoussa
Hussein, Shimelis
Mashilo, Jacob
Mrema, Emmanuel
Mwadzingeni, Learnmore
Rouamba, Armel
author_facet Rouamba, Armel
Hussein, Shimelis
Drabo, Inoussa
Mrema, Emmanuel
Mashilo, Jacob
Mwadzingeni, Learnmore
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description Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br., 2n = 2x = 14) is a nutrient-dense and climate-resilient crop widely cultivated in the dry regions of Africa and Asia. In Burkina Faso, the actual mean yield of the crop is < 1 ton/ha compared with a potential yield of 3 tons/ha. Several constraints, including cultivar susceptibility to the noxious weed Striga hermonthica (Del.) Bentham (Sh) and severe and recurrent drought stress limit the potential productivity of the crop. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the combining ability effects and degree of heterosis for agronomic traits and resistance to Sh among complementary pearl millet genotypes to select promising parental lines and hybrids to develop and deploy farmer-preferred varieties. The narrow-and broad-sense heritability were relatively higher for Striga-resistance (>= 70%) and low (<= 23%) for grain yield. The general combining ability and specific combining ability ratios were less than unity for agronomic traits and Striga reaction indicating the predominance of non-additive gene action conditioning the assessed traits. The new experimental hybrids such as IP-11358 x ICMB177111, IP-11358 x IKMB18002, IP-10579 x ICMB177002 and IP-9242 x ICMB177002 are recommended for multi-environment evaluation and production in Sh-infested pearl millet cultivation agro-ecologies in Burkina Faso or similar agro-ecologies.
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spelling CGSpace1598282025-12-08T10:06:44Z Combining ability and hybrid breeding in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.) for agronomic traits and resistance to Striga hermonthica Rouamba, Armel Hussein, Shimelis Drabo, Inoussa Mrema, Emmanuel Mashilo, Jacob Mwadzingeni, Learnmore combining ability heterosis hybrids breeding pearl millet resistance varieties Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br., 2n = 2x = 14) is a nutrient-dense and climate-resilient crop widely cultivated in the dry regions of Africa and Asia. In Burkina Faso, the actual mean yield of the crop is < 1 ton/ha compared with a potential yield of 3 tons/ha. Several constraints, including cultivar susceptibility to the noxious weed Striga hermonthica (Del.) Bentham (Sh) and severe and recurrent drought stress limit the potential productivity of the crop. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the combining ability effects and degree of heterosis for agronomic traits and resistance to Sh among complementary pearl millet genotypes to select promising parental lines and hybrids to develop and deploy farmer-preferred varieties. The narrow-and broad-sense heritability were relatively higher for Striga-resistance (>= 70%) and low (<= 23%) for grain yield. The general combining ability and specific combining ability ratios were less than unity for agronomic traits and Striga reaction indicating the predominance of non-additive gene action conditioning the assessed traits. The new experimental hybrids such as IP-11358 x ICMB177111, IP-11358 x IKMB18002, IP-10579 x ICMB177002 and IP-9242 x ICMB177002 are recommended for multi-environment evaluation and production in Sh-infested pearl millet cultivation agro-ecologies in Burkina Faso or similar agro-ecologies. 2024-04 2024-11-15T14:56:11Z 2024-11-15T14:56:11Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159828 en Limited Access Springer Rouamba, A., Shimelis, H., Drabo, I., Mrema, E., Mashilo, J., & Mwadzingeni, L. (2024). Combining ability and hybrid breeding in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.) for agronomic traits and resistance to Striga hermonthica. Euphytica, 220(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-024-03320-7
spellingShingle combining ability
heterosis
hybrids
breeding
pearl millet
resistance varieties
Rouamba, Armel
Hussein, Shimelis
Drabo, Inoussa
Mrema, Emmanuel
Mashilo, Jacob
Mwadzingeni, Learnmore
Combining ability and hybrid breeding in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.) for agronomic traits and resistance to Striga hermonthica
title Combining ability and hybrid breeding in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.) for agronomic traits and resistance to Striga hermonthica
title_full Combining ability and hybrid breeding in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.) for agronomic traits and resistance to Striga hermonthica
title_fullStr Combining ability and hybrid breeding in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.) for agronomic traits and resistance to Striga hermonthica
title_full_unstemmed Combining ability and hybrid breeding in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.) for agronomic traits and resistance to Striga hermonthica
title_short Combining ability and hybrid breeding in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.) for agronomic traits and resistance to Striga hermonthica
title_sort combining ability and hybrid breeding in pearl millet pennisetum glaucum l r br for agronomic traits and resistance to striga hermonthica
topic combining ability
heterosis
hybrids
breeding
pearl millet
resistance varieties
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159828
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