Bidinger, F R and Blummel, M and Hash, C T (2006) Response to recurrent selection for stover feeding value in pearl millet variety ICMV 221. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter, 47. pp. 113-116.
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Abstract
In the more arid regions in which it is grown, pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] commonly serves as a source of both foodgrain for humans and dry fodder for their ruminant livestock. Unfortunately, the feeding value of crop residues (stover and chaff) from pearl millet that has been harvested for grain is not high. Widely-adapted pearl millet variety ICMV 221 (Witcombe et al. 1997) was chosen as a base population for two cycles of recurrent selection among full-sib progeny to assess opportunities for improving the stover nutritional quality of farmer-accepted open-pollinated cultivars. We report here initial results from the first cycle of selection.
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| Subjects: | Mandate crops > Millets |
| Depositing User: | Library ICRISAT |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Sep 2011 11:10 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2011 11:11 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/1131 |
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| Funders: | Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
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