%A M D Gale %A K M Devos %A J H Zhu %A S Allouis %A M S Couchman %A H Liu %A T S Pittaway %A X Q Qi %A M Kolesnikova-Allen %A C T Hash %V 42 %L icrisat1841 %J International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter %P 16-17 %D 2001 %T New molecular marker technologies for pearl millet improvement %X At 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.