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number of insects pollinate pearl millet, it is essential that these beneficial insects not be damaged by<br />

insecticides.<br />

Host-plant resistance is the most cost-effective, long-term solution to pearl millet insect pest problems. It is<br />

compatible with other control measures, and there are no production costs to the farmer. The genetics of<br />

resistance to shoot fly and stem borers have been documented, and there are a number of shoot fly- and stem<br />

borer-resistant lines.<br />

Pearl Millet for Fodder and Forage Production<br />

Using Genetic Markers on Pearl Millet Chromosomes to Locate and Transfer Heterotic<br />

Blocks for Forage Yield<br />

(Utilisation des marqueurs genetiques sur les chromosomes de mil afin de reperer et de<br />

transferer les blocs d'heterosis pour le rendement fourrager)<br />

Glenn W. Burton<br />

USDA-ARS Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA 31793, USA<br />

Fourteen recessive chlorophyll-deficient mutants (cd) induced in Tift 23 pearl millet were used to identify<br />

chromosome blocks heterotic for plant yield. Yields of spaced plants of large F 2 populations of crosses<br />

between the Tift 23 (cd/cd) mutant stocks and normal (Cd/Cd) inbreds 13, 18, 104, 106, and 186 were<br />

recorded, and a small F 3 progeny row derived from each spaced plant was used to separate the F 2 plants into<br />

Cd/Cd and Cd/cd groups. Among 69 such F 2 progenies, Cd/cd plants were heavier than Cd/Cd plants in 53<br />

cases, 15 of which were significantly heavier (P

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