%0 Journal Article
%A Tabo, R
%A Ogungbile, A O
%A Gupta, S C
%A Ajayi, O
%D 1999
%F icrisat:1784
%J International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter.
%P 53-55
%T Participatory  Evaluation  of Pearl Millet Cultivars  in  Northern  Nigeria
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/1784/
%V 40
%X 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.