Plant Inventory No. 213 - The Germplasm Resources Information ...

southern U.S. Excellent grain yield and good milling yield comparablewith Bengal. About 102 cm in height and 83 days from emergence to 50%heading. Milled rice is a little chalky, with a L/W ratio of 1.74.Similar low apparent amylose content and low gelatinization temperaturecompared with Bengal. Flag leaf shorter, wider, and less erect thanBengal. Plants display a fairly dark green leaf color under optimumfertilization. Leaf surface, lemma, and palea glabrous. Some pubescencehas been observed on leaf margins. Spikelet straw colored, and veryshort awns have been observed under certain environmental conditions.Apiculus straw colored. Endosperm non-aromatic, non-glutinous, and has alight brown pericarp. Moderately resistant to sheath blight (Rhizoctoniasolani) and has good field resistance to both rottenneck blast(Pyricularia grisea) and the physiological disorder straighthead. Alsoresistant to leaf smut (Entyloma oryzae) and narrow brown leaf spot(Cercospora janseana). Off-types observed and removed from increasefields included any combination of the following: taller, shorter,pubescent, earlier, later, gold-hull, and intermediate grain shape.Total number of off-types was less than 1 per 5,000 plants.The following were developed by David J. Andrews, University of Nebraska,Deptartment of Agronomy, Lincoln, Nebraska 68503, United States; J.F.Rajewski, University of Nebraska, Dept. of Agronomy, P.O. Box 830915,Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0915, United States; Ismail Dweikat, University ofNebraska, 279 Plant Sciences, Agronomy and Horticulture Department, Lincoln,Nebraska 68583, United States. Received 01/30/2004.PI 634545. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.Breeding. NPM-4. GP-37. Pedigree - Derived from open pollinatedoutcrosses of Nebraska white grain inbred line 57028RIw grown in awinter nursery. Maturity medium, dwarf, tillering germplasm 85-100 cm inheight. Flowers 55-72 d after early June to early July plantings atMead, NE. Good restorer of the A1 cytoplasmic-nuclear male sterilesystem with good combining ability for yield. Grain yields of topcrosshybrids on three A1 seed parents were 89%, 85%, and 115% higher than inearly, normal, and late plantings, respectively. Seed white to creamcolor, obovate, hexagonal, and spherical shapes with a size range of6.9-17.3 g/1000. Panicles compact, candle-shaped, 17-28 cm in length(21.7 cm mean) and 2.1-3.5 cm in diameter with good exertion and uprighthabit with 1-2 panicles/plant. Anthers yellow with profuse pollen shed.The following were developed by David J. Andrews, University of Nebraska,Deptartment of Agronomy, Lincoln, Nebraska 68503, United States; J.F.Rajewski, University of Nebraska, Dept. of Agronomy, P.O. Box 830915,Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0915, United States; Ismail Dweikat, University ofNebraska, 279 Plant Sciences, Agronomy and Horticulture Department, Lincoln,Nebraska 68583, United States; G.E. Frickel, University of Nebraska, Dept. ofAgronomy & Horticulture, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583, United States; D.B.Baltensperger, University of Nebraska, Dep. of Agronomy & Horticulture,Lincoln, Nebraska 68583, United States. Received 01/30/2004.PI 634546. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.Breeding. NPM-5. GP-39. Pedigree - Derived from intermating 17 A4&parental breeding lines. Maturity medium early, dwarf, tillering A4&germplasm 66-104 cm in height. Flowers 57-68 d after early June to earlyJuly plantings at Mead, NE. Pollen shedding counts indicate that 99-100%19