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Table 6. Striga plants per sorghum plant, Striga plants per plot, and laboratory germination index<br />
(Swarna = 100) of the 15 best Striga-resistant lines selected in field testing at Akola during<br />
rainy season 1976.<br />
Striga Striga<br />
plants per plants Striga<br />
sorghum per germination<br />
Entry Source plant plot index a Remarks<br />
(no) (no) (%)<br />
SRN 4841 Samaru, Nigeria 0.00 0.00 0.00 Resistant to S. hermonthica<br />
IS 5603 India (farmers' type) 0.00 0.00 180.17<br />
23-4 Mohol, India<br />
(selection from<br />
Matdani x Bonganhilo) 0.00 0.00 88.46<br />
IS 2643 India 0.00 0.00 0.00 Resistant to 5. asiatica<br />
(BH4-1-4)<br />
IS 6942 Sudan 0.00 0.00 97.31 Resistant to S. hermonthica<br />
SRN 1352 Samaru, Nigeria 0.01 0.25 6.92 Resistant to 5. hermonthica<br />
IS 1464 India (farmers' type) 0.02 0.25 162.50<br />
N-13 Nandyal, India 0.02 0.25 100.10 Yellow pericarp<br />
SRN 4310A Samaru, Nigeria 0.02 0.25 5.98 Resistant to S. hermonthica<br />
SRN 6788A Samaru, Nigeria 0.02 0.50 106.68 Resistant to S. hermonthica<br />
555 India (IS3687 x Aispuri) 0.03 0.50 0.00<br />
SRN 6838B Samaru, Nigeria 0.05 0.75 64.65 Resistant to S. hermonthica<br />
IS 5218 India (farmers' type) 0.05 1.00 98.38<br />
IS 8264 Uganda 0.06 1.25 104.56 Resistant to S. hermonthica<br />
IS 1506 India (farmers' type) 0.08 1.50 93.80<br />
CSH-1 8.28 128.27 - Check (field tests)<br />
Swarna - - 100.00 Check (laboratory<br />
germination test)<br />
a Reflects the number of seeds of S. asiatica germinated by the cultivar in the laboratory, expressed as a percentage of the number<br />
germinated by the check cultivar Swarna.<br />
first yield test in postrainy season 1979. It is<br />
proposed to incorporate stem-borer and midge<br />
resistance into the same population.<br />
Grain-grass Sorghums<br />
Grain-grass sorghums are shorter, earlier, higher<br />
tillering, and smaller in the head than normal<br />
sorghums, and are intended for use in droughtprone<br />
areas where total rainfall is around 350 to<br />
500 mm.<br />
Improved grain-grass types are available from<br />
selections from crosses; a population is also<br />
being formed.<br />
Testing under low fertility and high population<br />
density (450 000 plants/ha) took place<br />
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