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Fourteen forage millet hybrids were produced by crossing 7 male fertile lines to 2 different lines of dwarf cytoplasmic male sterile (cms) lines of forage millet (Pennisetum americanum). Hybrids were evaluated with their male parents at the Giza experimental station in summer 1994. The evaluations included fodder yield traits and chemical composition. The objectives of the study were: 1 - to assess hybrid vigor, and 2 - to select the superior hybrids to be used in commercial production in Egypt. Present results showed that the 14 F1 hybrids and their male parents varied significantly in green and dry yield and their components. The top productivity of green and dry yield were found for the F1 hybrids of (cms line Tift 23 DA X ICTP 8202), (cms line Tift 23 A1E1 X ICTP 8202), with no significant differences between them followed by (cms line Tift 23 A1E1 X ICMS 7703). These hybrids also gave the highest value for crude protein % and the lowest value of crude fiber %, results which suggest that local F1 hybrids can be used an a commercial scale in Egypt.
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Improving Forage Productivity by Using Cytoplasmic Male Sterility of Pearl Millet
Fourteen forage millet hybrids were produced by crossing 7 male fertile lines to 2 different lines of dwarf cytoplasmic male sterile (cms) lines of forage millet (Pennisetum americanum). Hybrids were evaluated with their male parents at the Giza experimental station in summer 1994. The evaluations included fodder yield traits and chemical composition. The objectives of the study were: 1 - to assess hybrid vigor, and 2 - to select the superior hybrids to be used in commercial production in Egypt. Present results showed that the 14 F1 hybrids and their male parents varied significantly in green and dry yield and their components. The top productivity of green and dry yield were found for the F1 hybrids of (cms line Tift 23 DA X ICTP 8202), (cms line Tift 23 A1E1 X ICTP 8202), with no significant differences between them followed by (cms line Tift 23 A1E1 X ICMS 7703). These hybrids also gave the highest value for crude protein % and the lowest value of crude fiber %, results which suggest that local F1 hybrids can be used an a commercial scale in Egypt.
