Screening of Pearl Millet F₁ Hybrids for Heat Tolerance at Early Seedling Stage

Table 1

Description of pearl millet genotypes used as parents for hybridization.

Sr. No.	Genotype	Response	Status	Origin and characteristics
1	H77/833-2	Tolerant	Inbred	Bred at CCSHAU, Hisar, by selfing and selection within a Rajasthani landrace population
2	H77/29-2	Susceptible	Inbred	Bred at CCSHAU, Hisar. It is medium dwarf, nodal pigmentation—violet brown, resistant to downy mildew, shoot fly, grey weevil, chaffer beetle, and leaf roller
3	G73-107	Tolerant	Inbred	Bred at CCSHAU, Hisar, and has profuse tillering, narrow leaves, and typical orange brown anthers
4	77/245	Susceptible	Inbred	Bred at CCSHAU, Hisar, by selfing and selection. It is late flowering and high tillering
5	CVJ-2-5-3-1-3	Tolerant	Inbred	Dwarf, developed at ICRISAT, Patancheru
6	1305	Susceptible	Inbred	Bred at CCSHAU, Hisar, late flowering, medium dwarf, semicompact earhead
7	(77/371 × BSECT CP-1)	Tolerant	Inbred	Bred at CCSHAU, Hisar, using BSECT CP-1 from ICRISAT, Patancheru as male parent
8	96AC-93	Tolerant	Inbred	Resistant to downy mildew; bred at CCSHAU, Hisar, by selfing and selection
9	Togo-II	Tolerant	Inbred	Selection from ICRISAT material-Togo; bred at CCSHAU, Hisar
10	99HS-18	Tolerant	Inbred	Bred at CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar