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Selection Criterion Based on Trait Linkages in African and Asian Pearl Millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] Populations to Enhance Productivity

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https://pjtsau.edu.in/files/publications/2019/Journal_OctDec_2018.pdf
 
Title Selection Criterion Based on Trait Linkages in African and Asian Pearl Millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] Populations to Enhance Productivity
 
Creator Patil, K S
Gupta, S K
Singh, D K
Shashibhushan, D
Balram, M
Ramesh, T
 
Subject Drought Tolerance
Pearl Millet
Asia
Africa
 
Description Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.]
is commonly grown in the arid and semi-arid regions
of Africa and Asia. It serves as staple food for the
people living in relatively dry tracts of the India and
Sub-Sahelian Africa and an important source of fodder/
feed for livestock and poultry. It can be cultivated even
in the poor infertile soils and drought prone
environments, where no other cereal crop can survive.
In India, currently pearl milletis cultivated on ~7.5 m
ha area with grain production of 9.7 Mt with an average
productivity of 1,305 kg ha-1(www.indiastat.com). The
ultimate aim in most plant breeding programs is the
improvement in the productivity of grains as
measured in terms of the yield per unit area. The
possibilities of achieving this goal through genetic
improvement have been elucidated by evolving high
yielding hybrids and varieties of pearl millet in Asia
and West Africa.
 
Publisher PJTSAU
 
Date 2018-12
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11366/1/SelectioncriteriaonbasedontraitlinkagesinAfricanandAsianPearlmilletpopulations.pdf
Patil, K S and Gupta, S K and Singh, D K and Shashibhushan, D and Balram, M and Ramesh, T (2018) Selection Criterion Based on Trait Linkages in African and Asian Pearl Millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] Populations to Enhance Productivity. J. Res. PJTSAU, 46 (4). pp. 69-73. ISSN 2395-5945