Genetic Analysis of Quantitative Traits in Pearl Millet

This book is all about the research findings of the research work conducted by authors during the Ph.D. degree programme. The research was conducted to study the combining ability, standard heterosis, phenotypic stability and moisture stress indices in pearl millet. For this, five male sterile lines and ten restorer lines were crossed in line x tester design to develop 50 hybrids during Summer, 2018 at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad, India. The resultant hybrids along with three standard checks were evaluated in randomized block design with three replications under three environments (created by differentiating number of irrigations) during Kharif, 2018 at Agricultural Research Station and College of Agriculture, Bikaner, India. Observations were recorded on twelve morphological characters including grain yield per plant in each environment and data were analyzed by standard procedures suggested by many researchers. Conclusions were drawn on the basis of results revealed throughout the research.