Research Article

Understanding Genetic Diversity of Sorghum Using Quantitative Traits

Table 1

List of sorghum accessions.

S numberAccessionsPedigreeSource

Sweet sorghum
1SSV84Selection from zera-zera sorghum IS2356Agricultural Research Station, Virinjipuram
2VMS98001Selection from CSV15-1Agricultural Research Station, Virinjipuram
3VMS98002Selection from NSS04-1Agricultural Research Station, Virinjipuram
4VMS98003Selection from 208-1Agricultural Research Station, Virinjipuram

Grain sorghum
5APK1Hybrid derivative of TNS30 × CO26Regional Research Station, Aruppukottai
6BSR1Multiple cross derivative (SC108-3 × ICSV4) 16-3-1 × (MR-801 × R2751) 4-1-1Agricultural Research Station, Bhavanisagar
7Paiyur2 (PYR2)Pureline selection from IS15845Regional Research Station, Paiyur
8AKS96Culture from AruppukottaiRegional Research Station, Aruppukottai
9AKS109Culture from AruppukottaiRegional Research Station, Aruppukottai
10AKS112Culture from AruppukottaiRegional Research Station, Aruppukottai
11TNS30(CO18 × CO22) × 1022Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
12TNS342Culture from CoimbatoreMillets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
13TNS357SPV1010 × SPV881Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
14TNS590Culture from CoimbatoreMillets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
15K7K3 × M35-1Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
16K8IS12611 × SV108Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
17K11K7 × A6552Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
18K12Culture from CoimbatoreMillets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
19CO(S)28CO25 × SPV942Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
20CO20CO1 × BonganhiloMillets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
21CO26Derivative of MS8271 × IS3691Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore

Forage sorghum
22CO27CO11 × S. halepenseDepartment of Forage Crops, Coimbatore
23CO(FS)29TNS30 × S. sudanenseDepartment of Forage Crops, Coimbatore

CO26 mutants
24CO26-tall plant mutant (TP)γ ray (40 kR) induced mutant of CO26Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
25CO26-high yield mutant (HY)γ ray (40 kR) induced mutant of CO26Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore

CO(S)28 mutants
26Co(S)28-bold grain mutant (B)γ ray (35 kR) induced mutant of CO(S)28Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
27CO(S)28-high yield mutant (HY) ray (35 kR) induced mutant of CO(S)28Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
28CO(S)28-tall plant mutant (TP) ray (35 kR) induced mutant of CO(S)28Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore

CO27 mutants
29CO27-tall plant mutant (TP)γ ray (50 kR) induced mutant of CO27Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
30CO27-high biomass mutant (HB)γ ray (50 kR) induced mutant of CO27Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore

COFS29 mutants
31CO(FS)29-nonshattering mutant (NS)γ ray (60 kR) induced mutant of CO(FS)29Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
32CO(FS)29-tall plant mutant (TP)γ ray (60 kR) induced mutant of CO(FS)29Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
33CO(FS)29-25 high tiller mutant (TL)γ ray (60 kR) induced mutant of CO(FS)29Millets Breeding Station, Coimbatore

Maintainer lines
34CK60Culture from CoimbatoreMillets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
35ICS111Culture from CoimbatoreMillets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
36ICS2219Culture from CoimbatoreMillets Breeding Station, Coimbatore

Restorer lines
37IS3541Culture from CoimbatoreMillets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
38RS29Culture from CoimbatoreMillets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
39RS673Culture from CoimbatoreMillets Breeding Station, Coimbatore
40M-35-1Culture from CoimbatoreMillets Breeding Station, Coimbatore