Seedling Vigor and Stand Establishment of Pearl Millet
Seed from two pearl millet hybrids, one a large seeded hybrid and the other a small seeded hybrid, were separated into size category and tested under […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: KSU-106
- Lead University: Kansas State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa, US and Canada
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Botswana Agronomic Research
This projects’ goals include: Improve and stabilize rainfed sorghum and millet crop yields by studies of sustainable systems for improving rain and soil-water use efficiency through […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: KSU-107
- Lead University: Kansas State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Agronomy and Cropping Systems
This project focused on determining the water use efficiency of grain sorghum and pearl millet following soybeans in rotation. Study the ”rotational effect” in grain sorghum-soybeans […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: NU-113
- Lead University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Mineral Uptake and Utilization in Sorghum and Pearl Millet
Experiments were conducted in Mali and Niger to determine nitrogen response of sorghums and pearl millets in several locations.
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: NU-114
- Lead University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Mechanisms of Drought and High Temperature Resistance in Sorghum and Pearl Millet
This project sought to understand the basic physiological factors involved in plant stress resistance and susceptibility.
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: NU-123
- Lead University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Pearl Millet Breeding
Through collaboration with partners this project focused on improving drought tolerance, seed size and density, seedling stand establishment, lodging resistance, and grain yield of pearl millet.
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: KSU-101
- Lead University: Kansas State University
- Region: Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, US and Canada
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Sorghum Breeding and Management of Insect, Disease, and Acid Soil Problems
This project addresses, through breeding, three major production limiting constraints of the acid soil complex; phytotoxic levels of aluminum and manganese, and low phosphorous availability. In […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: MSU-104
- Lead University: Mississippi State University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Adaptation of Sorghum and Pearl Millet to Highly Acid Tropical Soils
This project focused on developing sustainable minimum-input technology strategies for the evaluation of sorghum and pearl millet germplasm for tolerance to aluminum (Al) and manganese (Mn) […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: MSU-111
- Lead University: Mississippi State University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Breeding Sorghum for Developing Countries
This project aims to use the variability created from crosses between two complementary germplasm groups–recently bred high yield tropical food quality sorghums and elite U.S. lines–in […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: NU-115
- Lead University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Breeding Pearl Millet for Developing Countries
The principal objectives of this project are to supply collaborating scientists at LDC locations with both useful genetic material and information on how best to select […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: NU-118
- Lead University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
