?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F1077%2F&rft.title=Seed+Production+Procedures+in+Sorghum+and+Pearl+Millet&rft.creator=Gupta%2C+S+C&rft.subject=Millets&rft.subject=Sorghum&rft.description=Functional+and+healthy+seed+is+one+of+the+important+factors+in+improving+agricultural+production.+Farmer-based+seed+production+programs+for+pearl+millet+and+sorghum+have+been+introduced+in+some+of+the+developing+countries(Senegal+and+Namibia)+and+are+proving+to+be+successful.+The+areas+of+responsibility+interms+of+producing+improved+cultivars(pure-line+varieties%2C+coposites%2C+and+hybrids)+are+breeding%2C+commercial+seed+production%2C+and+certification.+While+breeding+is+carried+out+by+a+research+station%2C+commercial+production+and+distribution+require+an+well-organized+operation.+Certification+is+carried+out+by+independent+agencies+that+monitor+the+quality+and+purity+of+the+cultivar+during+production.+The+procedures+for+seed+production+of+the+open-pollinated+varieties+differ+from+those+of+hybrids.+There+are+also+differences+in+the+seed+production+of+both+sorghum+and+pearl+millet.+Maintaining+varietal+purity+of+both+the+crops+requires+adequate+precautions+that+need+to+be+taken+against+physical+and+mixtures+durings+owing%2C+harvesting%2C+threshing%2C+and+storage.+Both+pearl+millet+and+sorghum+have+specific+requirements+for+protection+against+contaimanation+so+that+good+quality+seed+can+be+produced.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F1077%2F1%2FRA_00346.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gupta%2C+S+C++(1999)+Seed+Production+Procedures+in+Sorghum+and+Pearl+Millet.++Manual.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics.+++++