A high yielding Prosomillet national variety TNAU 145
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Author:A.Nirmalakumari, P.Sumathi, S.Manoharan, T.Raguchander, AR. Muthiah,
T.S.Raveendran and P.Devan
p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:95, Issue:jul-dec
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Abstract
A high yielding and early maturing prosomillet culture TNAU 145 was
developed at the Department of Millets, Centre for Plant Breeding and genetics, Tamil
Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore and released as TNAU 145 at national level.
It is a derivative of the cross involving PV 1454 x TNAU 96. It yields on an average
1819 kg/ha of grain and 4600 kg/ha of straw under rainfed condition. The profusely
tillering and non-lodging culture is highly suitable for drylands of India. The panicle
is large and branched. The grains are bold and golden yellow in colour. Being a
short duration variety of 70 days, it is the best choice for contingency planting. This
variety has registered 31.52 and 24.93 per cent increased grain yield over the standard
varieties K1 and GPUP 21 (National check) respectively, in a total of 157 trials which
include station trials, multilocation trials, on farm trials and All India Coordinated
trials.
Key words : Grain yield, tillers, panicle, trials, evaluation