The genetics of grain yield and its attributes were studied using diverse cytoplasmic male sterile lines in 144 hybrids developed by crossing six A- and their six B-lines with 12 R-lines of pearl millet in a line x tester mating design. The six A- lines 81A1 and 8A1 (A1 ), Pb 313A (A2 ), Pb 402A (A3 ), 81A4 and 81A5 and their corresponding B- lines represented five different systems of male sterility were very diverse. | Genetic analysis of grain yield and its attributes using diverse systems of male sterile lines and pollinators in direct sown and ratooned pearl millet