A DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION FOR PLANT SELECTION

摘要: If you run into Jay Panda at a party, and there's no party in the city where he doesn't get invited, you'll find it hard to believe his profession is politics. He carries an O2 palmtop mobile that doubles as moving theatre last movie was playing Bridget Jones's Diary; he's techno-junkie who spends two six hours surfing World Wide Web, favourites websites being c-net.com cedmagazine.com, answering 100-150 e-mails using Groove collaboration software, which says going be "the next big thing" virtual world; has been Wall Street analyst restaurant developer New York, before returned home, inspired by Rajiv Gandhi, man calls Kennedy of our generation"; owned computer since 1984, when got first Apple Mac, from 1994, laptop constant companion. That's other side Rajya Sabha MP, founder-member Biju Janata Dal led Orissa Chief Minister Navin Patnaik, one spirits Back Benchers Club, re-named Young Parliamentarians Forum, comprising 31 MPs nine parties. "I haven't entered attain social prominence. It's culmination my efforts build political make difference," obviously aware reputation many colleagues have acquired for fixers during day animals night. Panda natty dresser insists clothes are off shelf, "except couple suits made good friend Ravi Bajaj". He's endowed with poster-boy looks, wife, Jagjit Mangat Panda, Jat Sikh Secunderabad known among friends Jagi, Gladrags Supermodel quit Paris runway after French couturier Jean-Paul Gaultier asked her shave hair shows (now she manages their broad-band network reaches 60,000 homes Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Paradip Puri). But not fussy about or grooming. "Fitness more important than grooming," says. Then tells us hour every home gym's cross-trainer. A keen reader The Economist, only thing he'd like case gets marooned deserted island, enjoys quoting Vilfredo Pareto, Italian neo-classical economist, postulated 20 per cent market gives business 80 its revenue. Extending this argument public life, 5 it, circulating parties attending wine dinners, shouldn't blur remaining 95 cent. "Judge me participation Sabha, judge what people say me. I work very taken seriously," Engineering & Management Communications graduate Michigan Tech, which, incidentally, also father's old school. Panda's association politics began unconsciously charismatic politician whose son now leads state, hosted reception London celebrate marriage parents 1959. His father, Dr Bansidhar then research scientist US Steel making special metals NASA's space programme; mother, Ila, student Nandlal Bose Santiniketan, textile designer supplying Liberty, prestigious store on Regent Street, decades fashion designers attained current celebrity status. When who, me, cycled Cuttack Kabul teenager, becoming aviator, entrepreneur mass leader, took charge 1961, encouraged return start own business. Indian Metals Ferro Alloys, makes silicon chrome alloys, years establish itself; today, employs 4,500-5,000 eight districts across annual turnover touched Rs 450 crore. Panda, turning back life spent jet-set Manhattan, joined father 1989, revamped company completely, commissioned operated power plant just outside within prepared "give up go back" spending "80 cent" time "running bureaucrats politicians." It Manmohan Singh's Budget speech him stay getting increasingly drawn politics. There need change, but change agent missing. had telling Patnaik launch regional address local aspirations, Patnaik's entry death move gathered momentum. "The innate faith anyone family can never sell state," Panda. give active become professional who'd "a serious young takes seriously." That's career objective seem these days. THE characters breeder principally concerned those “ quantitative ”. They present particular difficulty because heritable variations are masked larger non-heritable difficult determine genotypic values individual plants lines unless we sufficient seed facilities to grow replicated plots each line. In earlier stages selection breeders try select field basis observable they may associated desired character quality (for example, grain ear sizes indices yielding ability, flintiness index protein content), actual worth attributed usually unknown. problem ap- proached seeking “discriminant function ” (Fisher, 1936) observable best indicate (‘genetic value”