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Participatory Evaluation of Pearl Millet Cultivars in Northern Nigeria

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Title Participatory Evaluation of Pearl Millet Cultivars in Northern Nigeria
 
Creator Tabo, R
Ogungbile, A O
Gupta, S C
Ajayi, O
 
Subject Millets
 
Description Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) cv. GB 8735 was compared with local cultivars in 9 villages in Kano, Jigawa and Katsina states, N. Nigeria, in the 1996 rainy season. Yield averaged 1.22 t/ha in the improved cultivar and 0.90 t in the local cultivar. The improved cultivar was also desirable for its earliness.
 
Date 1999
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/1784/1/ISMN40_53-55_1999.pdf
Tabo, R and Ogungbile, A O and Gupta, S C and Ajayi, O (1999) Participatory Evaluation of Pearl Millet Cultivars in Northern Nigeria. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter., 40. pp. 53-55.