relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/5138/
title: Breeding for disease and pest resistance in pearl millet
creator: Williams, R J
creator: Andrews, D J
subject: Millets
description: 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.
date: 1983
type: Conference or Workshop Item
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/5138/1/0117.pdf
identifier:   Williams, R J and Andrews, D J  (1983) Breeding for disease and pest resistance in pearl millet.  In: FAO/IITA Expert Consultation on Durable Resistance Breeding,, 23-29 October 1982, Ibadan, Nigeria.