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Availability and utilization of pearl millet in India

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Title Availability and utilization of pearl millet in India
 
Creator Basavaraj, G
Rao, P P
Bhagavatula, S
Ahmed, W
 
Subject Millets
 
Description Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) is the most widely
grown type of millet. Because of its tolerance to difficult
growing conditions such as drought, low soil fertility and
high temperature, it can be grown in areas where other
cereal crops, such as maize (Zea mays) or wheat
(Triticum aestivum), would not survive. Pearl millet
production is concentrated in the developing countries
which account for over 95% of the production and acreage.
India continues to be the single largest producer of pearl
millet in the world, although the area has been declining
in the traditional growing states of Gujarat, Rajasthan and
Haryana. Pearl millet is usually grown as a dryland dualpurpose grain and fodder crop although it is sometimes
irrigated in India, particularly the summer crop grown
mainly as a forage crop.
 
Publisher ICRISAT
 
Date 2010
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Rights cc_by_nc
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/96/1/HOPE1.pdf
Basavaraj, G and Rao, P P and Bhagavatula, S and Ahmed, W (2010) Availability and utilization of pearl millet in India. SAT eJournal, 8.