relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/4040/
title: Regeneration guidelines: pearl millet
creator: Upadhyaya, H D
creator: Reddy, K N
creator: Sastry, D V S S R
subject: Millets
description:                                           Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.), also                                            known as bulrush or cattail millet, is an important                                            grain and forage crop in Africa and South Asia                                            and a forage crop in the Americas. It is mostly                                            grown under hot, dry conditions on infertile soils                                            of low water-holding capacity, where other crops                                            generally fail. Pearl millet belongs to the family                                            Poaceae, subfamily Panicoideae, tribe Paniceae,                                            subtribe Panicinae, section Penicillaria and genus  Pennisetum. The genus Pennisetum contains about 140 species. The important wild relatives  of cultivated pearl millet include the progenitor, Pennisetum glaucum subsp. monodii Maire;  P.purpureum K. Schumach.; P. pedicellatum Trin.; P. orientale Rich.; P. mezianum Leeke; and  P. squamulatum Fresen.................  
publisher: CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resource Programme
date: 2008
type: Book Section
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/4040/1/Regeneration_guidelines__Pearl_millet_2008.pdf
identifier:   Upadhyaya, H D and Reddy, K N and Sastry, D V S S R  (2008) Regeneration guidelines: pearl millet.   In:  Crop specific regeneration guidelines [CD-ROM].   CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resource Programme, Rome, Italy, pp. 1-9.