<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Breeding for disease and pest resistance in pearl millet</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">R J</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Williams</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">D J</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Andrews</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>The present status of the control of biological agents causing&#13;
yield losses in pearl millet is reviewed. The possibilities of controlling&#13;
diseases, insect pests, weeds and grain-eating birds by breeding cultivars&#13;
with durable resistance are discussed. In future breeding research&#13;
in this crop, areas needing to be emphasized include: evaluation of the&#13;
nature and inheritance of disease resistance; development of strategies&#13;
to increase the durability of resistance to diseases; investigations into&#13;
the possibility of using complex multiple barriers to disease pathogens;&#13;
additional survey work and the development and use of effective&#13;
screening techniques for insect pests; evaluation of integrated control&#13;
strategies against insects; development and use of screening techniques&#13;
to identify and develop cultivars resistant to witchweed; and investigation&#13;
of cultural practices and breeding techniques to control shibra in&#13;
Sahelian Africa.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Millets</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">1983</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Conference or Workshop Item</mods:genre></mods:mods>