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Ah Yielding Disease-Resistant Pearl Millet Hybrid X-5 for Tamil Nadu

Volume : 70
Issue: Jan-jan
Pages: 7 - 10
Published: September 28, 2023
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Abstract


how hybrid combination involving L. IIIA and PT. 1921 was developed at Coimbatore. Theprd, UCH-9, has recorded a mean grain yield of 3034 kg/ha in 30 irrigated trials and 3 kg/ha in 20 rainfed trials. The percentage of increase over Khl 2 and X-4 are 42.8 and 2 respectively under. Irrigation and 43.0 and 31.4 respectively under rainfed conditions UC showed a resistant reaction to downy mildew. It possesses attractive long panicles withick seed sat and bold grains. In view of its high yield, resistance to downy mildew, wiedaptability and parental diversity from the presently ruling hybrids. UCH-9 was reled, as X-5 for general cultivation in Tamil Nadu.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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