Fig 1.
Clustering of 147 hybrid parents into 8 groups using SSRs, and selection of representative 17 parents from different marker based groups (as shown by arrow mark).
Fig 2.
Frequency distribution of genetic distances of all the 147 hybrid parents and for the selected representative set of 17 parents using SSRs.
Fig 3.
Clustering pattern of selected representative set of 17 hybrid parents using SSRs from the 8 marker based groups (mentioned from G1 to G8).
Table 1.
Genetic distance and allelic variation of all the hybrid parents and for the selected representative set of parents using SSRs.
Table 2.
AMOVA for B- and R-line groups.
Fig 4.
Distribution of (a) grain yield (kg ha-1), (b) general and specific combining ability and (c) mid and better parent heterosis, over 136 hybrids.
Table 3.
Analysis of variance of hybrids vis a vis their parents for grain yield in rainy-2015 at two locations (Hisar and Patancheru).
Table 4.
Combined analysis of variance for grain yield of hybrids from eight marker based groups in pearl millet.
Table 5.
Association between SSR based genetic distance and hybrids performance, heterosis and combining ability for grain yield.
Table 6.
Marker based group wise summary of genetic distance, grain yield, better parent heterosis, mid parent heterosis and specific combining ability for grain yield across the locations.
Fig 5.
Heterotic pools in the hybrid parents of pearl millet.