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Title: | Research achievements in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | S. K. Bhatnagar O. P. Yadav R. C. Gautam |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | All-India Co-ordinated Pearl Millet Improvement Project, Rajasthan Agriculture University, Mandor, Rajasthan 342 304 |
Published/ Complete Date: | 1998-08-01 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | pearl millet hybrid composites cultivar development production technology disease and pest management |
Publisher: | ICAR, New Delhi |
Citation: | Not Available |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. emend. Stuntz] is an important crop of dryland agriculture in India but it also responds well to irrigation and improved management conditions. Hybrids in pearl millet were released in India in the sixties. They were widely adopted and mainly instrumental in increasing the productivity. However, hybrids had recurring problems of downy mildew (Sclerospora graminicola) primarily because of their narrow genetic base and utilization of limited number of parental lines. during seventies in hybrid breeding. However, presently highly diverse male-sterile lines and pollinators are being developed and utilized. Population-improvement programmes were strengthened to provide backup to hybrid breeding. Germplasm accessions with stable resistance to various diseases were identified and utilized in breeding disease-resistant cultivars. Great headway was made in understanding the biology and epidemiology of important diseases which helped in developing suitable control measures. Agronomic research led to the establishment of various agro-techniques for different pearl millet-growing areas. Proper agronomic recommendation made it possible to harness the potential yield of high-yielding cultivars including hybrids and composites. The article highlights the progress made in increasing the production and productivity of this crop during the last 50 years. |
Description: | Not Available |
ISSN: | Not Available |
Type(s) of content: | Research Paper |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences |
NAAS Rating: | 6.21 |
Volume No.: | 68 (8, Special issue) |
Page Number: | 423-30 |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Not Available |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/27641 |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/20675 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-CAZRI-Publication |
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