?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5527%2F&rft.title=Screening+Techniques+for+Pearl+Millet+Diseases.+Information+Bulletin+No.+89&rft.creator=Thakur%2C+R+P&rft.creator=Sharma%2C+R&rft.creator=Rao%2C+V+P&rft.subject=Millets&rft.description=Pearl+millet+(Pennisetum+glaucum)%2C+an+important+staple+food+crop+in+the+semiarid%0D%0Atropics+of+the+world%2C+is+infected+by+a+number+of+diseases.+Important+among%0D%0Athese+are+downy+mildew+(Sclerospora+graminicola)%2C+blast+(Pyricularia+grisea)%2C%0D%0Arust+(Puccinia+substriata+var.+indica)%2C+ergot+(Claviceps+fusiformis)+and+smut%0D%0A(Moesiziomyces+penicillariae)+that+individually+or+in+combination+cause+substantial%0D%0Ayield+and+quality+losses.+Effective+and+economic+control+of+these+diseases%0D%0Acan+be+achieved+by+growing+disease+resistant+varieties+and+hybrids.+In+order%0D%0Ato+develop+disease+resistant+cultivars%2C+it+is+important+to+have+effective+disease.............%0D%0A&rft.publisher=Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India&rft.date=2011&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5527%2F1%2FInformation_Bulletin_no_89.pdf&rft.identifier=++Thakur%2C+R+P+and+Sharma%2C+R+and+Rao%2C+V+P++(2011)+Screening+Techniques+for+Pearl+Millet+Diseases.+Information+Bulletin+No.+89.++Technical+Report.+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India%2C+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+.+++++