title: Amino acids in anthers of Milo and in cytoplasmic genetic male sterile sorghums (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) of Indian origin.
abstract: Amino acid composition of proteins from anthers of milo and Indian origin male steriles were determined. Comparison of amino acid between A and B lines showed lower contents of histidine, threonine, glutamic acid, glycine, leucine and phenylalanine and higher contents of alanine, serine, proline and tyrosine in line A compared to line B. Alanine content in anthers of A lines was more than two fold higher than that in the anthers from B lines. Marked differences in amino acid composition of anthers of A and B lines are suggestive of their involvement in male sterility. Cytoplasmic male steriles of Indian origin M35-1A and M31-2A showed greater similarity but differed from milo, VZM2A and B.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Research Laboratory, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Rao