Publication Date
1985
Location
Kyoto Japan
Description
Four case studies are briefly described in which seed production or ease of propagation of tropical grasses has been improved by genetic manipulation, viz:
I. Hybridization of a sterile tussock-forming Digitaria smutsii accession with a stoloniferous accession D. milanjiana produced an F1 hybrid which combined high yield with stolon development
ii., iii. Seed production has been successfully introduced into sterile D. smu"tsii and Setaria sphacelata var. splendida iv. Seed production of frost-tolerant Setaria sphacelata var. sericea has been doubled by doubling tiller fertility.
Citation
Hacker, J B., "Breeding Tropical Grasses for Ease of Vegetative Propagation and for Improved Seed Production" (1985). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 23.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1985/ses2/23)
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Breeding Tropical Grasses for Ease of Vegetative Propagation and for Improved Seed Production
Kyoto Japan
Four case studies are briefly described in which seed production or ease of propagation of tropical grasses has been improved by genetic manipulation, viz:
I. Hybridization of a sterile tussock-forming Digitaria smutsii accession with a stoloniferous accession D. milanjiana produced an F1 hybrid which combined high yield with stolon development
ii., iii. Seed production has been successfully introduced into sterile D. smu"tsii and Setaria sphacelata var. splendida iv. Seed production of frost-tolerant Setaria sphacelata var. sericea has been doubled by doubling tiller fertility.
