Project
Pearl Millet Germplasm Enhancement for Semiarid Regions
Details
Project Code:
KSU-101
Start Date:
1992
End Date:
1997
CRSP Phase:
Not Available
Budget:
Not Available
Countries:
Mali
Participants
Lead University:
Kansas State University
Other Partners:
Collaborating Scientists' Institutions: ICRISAT (India); SADCC/ICRISAT (Zimbabwe); ICRISAT, West Africa Sahelian Center (Niger); IER/Cinzana Experiment Station (Mali); University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USDA/ARS (US)
Principal Investigator(s):
William D. Stegmeier
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
None
Overview
The primary objective of this project is to develop pearl millet materials possessing agronomic, yield, and quality characteristics that address production constraints common to both LDC’s and the U.S. Central Great Plains.
Objectives
1. To develop widely adapted, early-maturing pearl millet populations, lines, germplasms, and hybrids with: a) im-proved drought tolerance, seed size and density, seedling stand establishment characteristics, lodging resistance, and grain yields; b) insect, disease, lird, and striga resistance; and c) acceptable food quality cliaracteristics. 2. To select and evaluate materials developed in this pro-gram under a wide range of environments in developing countries,
Outcomes
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