relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/1784/ title: Participatory Evaluation of Pearl Millet Cultivars in Northern Nigeria creator: Tabo, R creator: Ogungbile, A O creator: Gupta, S C creator: 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 type: PeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/1784/1/ISMN40_53-55_1999.pdf identifier: 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.