THE BEHAVIOUR OF ALTERED MALE STERILE LINES IN PEARL MILLET
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Author:G.KANDASAMY and R.SETHUPATHIRAMALINGAM
p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:82, Issue:dec-dec
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A01285
Abstract
Five male sterile AxB combinations involving alternate B lines (81A x 3383B, 81A x pb 305 B, 3383A x 81B, pb 302A x pb 305B, pb 403A x pb 405B) were chosen and nine altered A lines were developed by transferring the genome of alternate B lines at 50 per cent and 75 per cent levels. Studies on the altered A lines indicated the possibility of altering the morphological expression of a A line by changing B lines. The differences between the original A lines and altered A lines were found to be significant. This may be due to the interaction of the genome of the alternate B line with the genome of original A line. For example, the altered A lines of 81A flowered earlier than the original A line and the difference was significant (81A x 3383B). The choice of appropriate b lines for altering A lines appeared to be very important: Transfer of genome from one B line to another A line at 50 per cent level appeared to be effective in improving the morphological expression and thus F1 sterile lines could be profitably utilised in developing three-way crosses.
Key words : Altered A lines, 50 and 75 per cent Transferred genome, F1 male sterile line