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
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
Development of Agronomically Superior Germplasm Including Varieties, Hybrids and Populations Which Have Improved Nutritional Value and Good “Evident” Grain Quality for Utilization in Developing Countries
The major focus of this project is to develop high yielding sorghum varieties with acceptable food quality and good nutritional value for utilization in developing countries.
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: PRF-103A
- Lead University: Purdue University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Breeding Sorghum Varieties and Hybrids with Improved Grain Quality, Drought Resistance and Striga Resistance
To strengthen sorghum research capabilities of collaborating scientists in less developed countries, thereby accelerating the rate at which the production and utilization of sorghum is enhanced. […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: PRF-107
- Lead University: Purdue University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Breeding for Productivity in Sorghum
The principal objective of this project was to bring together in a deliberately focused manner all those traits which cause the production of higher yielding sorghums […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: TAM-121
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Breeding for Disease and Drought Resistance and Increased Genetic Diversity
The principal objectives of this project were to identity and develop disease resistant and drought resistant sorghum germplasm in diverse backgrounds for use by collaborating LDC […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: TAM-122
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Biological and Ecological Investigations and Management of Insect Pests on Sorghum
The goal of this project was to develop resistance to insect pests in sorghum through integrated pest management methods.
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- 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
Development and Evaluation of Systems for Controlling Insect Pests of Sorghum/Millet by Integration of Resistant Varieties, Cultural Manipulation and Biological Control
The goal of this project was to develop insect control strategies for sustainable sorghum/millet production, namely, plant resistance and biological control.
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: MSU-105
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
Chemical and Physical Aspects of Food and Nutritional Quality of Sorghum and Millet
This project worked collaboratively with ARC in Sudan. It also provided basic information relative to our knowledge of sorghum endosperm proteins. A goal of this project […]
- Start Date: 1984
- End Date: 1991
- Project Code: PRF-103B
- Lead University: Purdue University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: International Sorghum and Millet (INTSORMIL)
Database: Project
