<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>MSIDP Newsletter: New highly productive sorghum varieties released</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">L</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Lazarus</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">S</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Mkuwamba</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">F</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Sichali</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">C</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Mankhwala</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">S</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Makoko</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">P</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Okori</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>The Department of Agricultural Research&#13;
Services (DARS) in partnership with the&#13;
International Crop research Institute for the&#13;
Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), has released&#13;
three improved sorghum varieties; Pilira&#13;
3, Pilira 4 and Pilira 5. These new varieties&#13;
replace Pilira 1 and Pilira 2, released in 1993,&#13;
and have since been the only improved&#13;
sorghum varieties available in Malawi.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Livelihoods</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Cereals</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Crop Yield</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Chickpea</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Groundnut</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Sorghum</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Legume Crops</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Seed Systems</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2020</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Newsletters</mods:genre></mods:mods>