%0 Conference Paper
%A Williams, R J
%A Andrews, D J
%B FAO/IITA Expert Consultation on Durable Resistance Breeding,
%C Ibadan, Nigeria
%D 1983
%F icrisat:5138
%N 4
%P 136-158
%T Breeding for disease and pest resistance in pearl millet
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/5138/
%V 31
%X 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.