New molecular marker technologies for pearl millet improvementM DGaleauthorK MDevosauthorJ HZhuauthorSAllouisauthorM SCouchmanauthorHLiuauthorT SPittawayauthorX QQiauthorMKolesnikova-AllenauthorC THashauthorAt a time when most of the world still viewed molecular technology as a luxury, for use only with major staple crops, a DFID-JIC-ICRISAT project anticipated as early as 1991 the application of molecular diagnostics in the breeding of orphan crops for developing countries.Millets2001Article