Breeding of New Foxtail Millet Cultivar Yugu 22 with High Yield, Good Quality and Wide Adaptability
WANG Suying
LIU Jinrong
YAN Hongshan
LIU Haiping
SONG Zhongqiang
WANG Shujun
S0NG Hui
XING Lu
ZHANG Yang
Abstract：In accordance with the sexual hybridization,a new cultivar Yugu 22 with high yield,good quali-ty and wide adaptabilty was bred by Anyang Academy of Agricultural Sciences by means of the pedigree method,and derived from the parental cultivars of Yugu No. 1 and Jigu 19. Yugu 22 was approved by Henan Crop Committee in April 2015 . The average yields of Yugu 22 were 5 187 . 7 kg/ha and 5 453 . 0 kg/ha at the millet cultivars regional test and production test of Henan in 2011—2012 and 2014,which increased by 12. 39% and 7. 18% compared with the control Yugu No. 9. The characteristics of the new variety was 1 000-kernel weight of 92. 83 g,crude protein of 9. 45%,fat of 2. 84%,coarse fibre of 0. 1% in millet,and height was 101 cm,the growth period was 95 d,which had the first grade resist-ance to millet rust,millet blast and lodging. The grain and seed were yellow. It was suitable for spring and summer sowing in Henan province.
Keywords：milletYugu 22breeding
Publication Date：2015-12-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-12(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 33-35 )