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250<br />

225<br />

200<br />

175<br />

150<br />

125<br />

100<br />

75<br />

50<br />

25<br />

White-gra<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

Red-gra<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

Brown-gra<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

0<br />

1 2 3 4 5<br />

Threshed gra<strong>in</strong> mold rat<strong>in</strong>g (TGMR)<br />

Figure 2. Frequency distribution of Threshed<br />

Gra<strong>in</strong> Mold Rat<strong>in</strong>g (TGMR) of F2 segregates<br />

derived from a cross between IS 14384 (redgra<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

and mold-resistant) and ICSV 1<br />

(white-gra<strong>in</strong>ed and mold-susceptible)<br />

sorghums.<br />

parental l<strong>in</strong>es (ICSV 1 and SPV 104), and five<br />

mold-susceptible white-gra<strong>in</strong>ed cultivars. Five<br />

white-gra<strong>in</strong>ed advanced selections were highly<br />

resistant, with average mold rat<strong>in</strong>gs of 2.2, compared<br />

to 2.3 for red- and brown-gra<strong>in</strong>ed selections,<br />

and 2.4 for the mold-resistant parental<br />

l<strong>in</strong>es (Table 2). The white-gra<strong>in</strong>ed susceptible selections<br />

and white-gra<strong>in</strong>ed parental l<strong>in</strong>es were<br />

susceptible with a maximum mold rat<strong>in</strong>g of 5.0.<br />

White-gra<strong>in</strong>ed mold-resistant selections, unlike<br />

white-gra<strong>in</strong>ed mold-susceptible selections and<br />

parental l<strong>in</strong>es, were significantly lower <strong>in</strong><br />

floaters (%) and higher <strong>in</strong> dehull<strong>in</strong>g recovery<br />

(%), <strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g that their gra<strong>in</strong>s were hard with<br />

vitreous endosperm; white-gra<strong>in</strong>ed susceptible<br />

l<strong>in</strong>es were soft with flowery endosperm. Browngra<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

selections have soft gra<strong>in</strong>s high <strong>in</strong> tann<strong>in</strong><br />

but moderate <strong>in</strong> flavan-4-ol content, while<br />

red-gra<strong>in</strong>ed selections have hard and vitreous<br />

gra<strong>in</strong>s high <strong>in</strong> flavan-4-ol but low <strong>in</strong> tann<strong>in</strong> content.<br />

The white-gra<strong>in</strong>ed, mold-resistant l<strong>in</strong>es are<br />

tall with long open panicles and are very low <strong>in</strong><br />

gra<strong>in</strong> yield, just like their red-gra<strong>in</strong>ed parental<br />

l<strong>in</strong>es. We are now us<strong>in</strong>g these l<strong>in</strong>es as sources of<br />

resistance <strong>in</strong> the breed<strong>in</strong>g program to transfer<br />

resistance <strong>in</strong>to high-yield<strong>in</strong>g, white-gra<strong>in</strong>ed cultivars<br />

with desirable agronomic attributes. We<br />

screened for mold resistance <strong>in</strong> segregat<strong>in</strong>g F2<br />

progenies derived from crosses <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g these<br />

sources dur<strong>in</strong>g ra<strong>in</strong>y season 1987 at ICRISAT<br />

Center and identified a few mold-resistant,<br />

white-gra<strong>in</strong>ed segregates with acceptable<br />

agronomic traits.<br />

Associated Traits<br />

Detailed records of plant and gra<strong>in</strong> characteristics<br />

of <strong>in</strong>dividual F2 segregates <strong>in</strong>clude time to<br />

120<br />

110<br />

100<br />

90<br />

80<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

White-gra<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

Red-gra<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

Brown-gra<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

1 2 3 4 5<br />

Threshed gra<strong>in</strong> mold rat<strong>in</strong>e (TGMR)<br />

Figure 3. Frequency distribution of Threshed<br />

Gra<strong>in</strong> Mold Rat<strong>in</strong>g (TGMR) of F2 segregates<br />

derived from a cross between IS 14384 (redgra<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

and mold-resistant) and SPV 104<br />

(white-gra<strong>in</strong>ed and mold-susceptible)<br />

sorghums.<br />

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