@inproceedings{icrisat5138,
       booktitle = {FAO/IITA Expert Consultation on Durable Resistance Breeding,},
           title = {Breeding for disease and pest resistance in pearl millet},
          author = {R J Williams and D J Andrews},
           pages = {136--158},
            year = {1983},
          volume = {31},
         journal = {International Pearl Millet Improvement},
          number = {4},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/5138/},
        abstract = {The present status of the control of biological agents causing
yield losses in pearl millet is reviewed. The possibilities of controlling
diseases, insect pests, weeds and grain-eating birds by breeding cultivars
with durable resistance are discussed. In future breeding research
in this crop, areas needing to be emphasized include: evaluation of the
nature and inheritance of disease resistance; development of strategies
to increase the durability of resistance to diseases; investigations into
the possibility of using complex multiple barriers to disease pathogens;
additional survey work and the development and use of effective
screening techniques for insect pests; evaluation of integrated control
strategies against insects; development and use of screening techniques
to identify and develop cultivars resistant to witchweed; and investigation
of cultural practices and breeding techniques to control shibra in
Sahelian Africa.}
}