CRSP International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL) : CRSPs

Agroecology and Biotechnology in Stalk Rot Pathogens of Sorghum and Millet

This project focused on identifying diverse fungal strains that attack sorghum and millet in Africa.

Start Date: 1992
End Date: 1997
Project Code: KSU-108
Lead University: Kansas State University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Food Security

CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)

Database: Project

Low Input Ecologically Defined Management Strategies for Insect Pests on Sorghum

This research emphasized biological investigations involving relationships between insects and plants to develop an ecological framework for understanding the structure of organisms in different sorghum cropping […]

Start Date: 1992
End Date: 1997
Project Code: MSU-105
Lead University: Mississippi State University

Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Innovation

CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)

Database: Project

Role of Polyphenols in Sustainable Production and Utilization of Sorghum and Millet

This project addresses some of the most important worldwide constraints to sorghum and millet production and to sorghum utilization. These include grain-eating birds and the parasitic […]

Start Date: 1992
End Date: 1997
Project Code: PRF-104B; PRF-104C
Lead University: Purdue University

Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Innovation

CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)

Database: Project

Integrated Insect Pest Management Strategies for Sustainable Agricultural Systems

Project TAM-125 sought to develop integrated pest management strategies for sustainable sorghum production with concentration on plant resistance. On-site collaborative research activities take place in Mali. […]

Start Date: 1992
End Date: 1997
Project Code: TAM-125
Lead University: Texas A&M University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Innovation

CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)

Database: Project

Biological Control Tactics for Sustainable Production of Millet

This project focused on finding solutions to pests of sorghum and millet, which are key pests and constraints to production in the U.S. and West Africa.

Start Date: 1992
End Date: 1997
Project Code: TAM-125
Lead University: Texas A&M University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Innovation

CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)

Database: Project

Development of Plant Disease Protection Systems for Millet and Sorghum in Semiarid Southern Africa

This project sought to develop and deploy of standard and disease specific germplasm nurseries throughout the SADCC region to monitor variability and impact of major sorghum […]

Start Date: 1992
End Date: 1997
Project Code: TAM-128
Lead University: Texas A&M University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Innovation

CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)

Database: Project

Modeling Millet and Sorghum Establishment and Growth and Sustainable Crop Production

This project sought to assess the efficacy of natural enemies for biological control of stalk borers and the millet head miner; (2) to implement effective biological […]

Start Date: 1992
End Date: 1997
Project Code: KSU-106
Lead University: Kansas State University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Productivity

CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)

Database: Project

Improved and Sustainable Dryland Cereal Production Technology for Smallholder Farmers in Botswana

The major purpose of this sorghum/millet activity is to assist Botswana’s Department of Agriculture with dryland sorghum/millet research and development. This purpose is achieved by providing […]