Pearl Millet Germplasm Enhancement for Semiarid Regions

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Details

Project Code:
KSU-101

Start Date:
1992

End Date:
1997

CRSP Phase:
Not Available

Budget:
Not Available

Countries:

Participants

Lead 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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