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iomass productivity. <strong>The</strong> data set will be very useful <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> ultimate multi-environment analysis, to assess how<br />

crosses do<strong>in</strong>g well <strong>in</strong> more favorable seasons manage a very dry one.<br />

<strong>The</strong> arid zone restorer populations were bred from diverse arid zone-adapted materials, primarily arid zone<br />

landraces, with <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>tention <strong>of</strong> provid<strong>in</strong>g different source populations from which to breed restorer l<strong>in</strong>es for <strong>the</strong> arid<br />

zone. Because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir landrace backgrounds, <strong>the</strong>se materials are generally good biomass producers; and GCA for<br />

gra<strong>in</strong> yield was better related to GCA for harvest <strong>in</strong>dex (r = 0.85, P

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