?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F6171%2F&rft.title=Marker+applications+in+pearl+millet&rft.creator=Hash%2C+C+T&rft.creator=Bramel-Cox%2C+P+J&rft.subject=Millets&rft.description=There+are+a+multitude+of+potential+applications+of+DNA+marker+technologies+to+the%0D%0Aimprovement+of+pearl+millet+(Pennisetum+glaucum+(L.)+R.+Br.).+This+presentation+will+delve%0D%0Ainto+two+major+areas+%E2%80%94+the+use+of+these+molecular+markers+in+pearl+millet+genetic+diversity%0D%0Astudies+and+the+use+of+molecular+markers+for+mapping+quantitative+trait+loci+(QTL)+to+facilitate%0D%0Amarker-assisted+(MA)+breeding+for+economically+important+pearl+millet+traits+having+a+large%0D%0Agenotype+%C2%B4+environment+component+to+their+phenotypic+variation.+The+discussion+of+pearl%0D%0Amillet+genetic+diversity+studies+builds+on+the+general+outline+of+this+area+presented+earlier+in+this%0D%0Acourse+by+Dr.+Bramel-Cox.+The+discussions+of+QTL+mapping+and+MA+breeding+in+pearl+millet%0D%0Awill+be+based+largely+on+results+obtained+over+the+past+nine+years+in+a+series+of+collaborative%0D%0Aprojects+involving+the+International+Crops+Research+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+(ICRISAT)%2C%0D%0AUK-based+researchers+supported+by+the+Plant+Sciences+Programme+(PSP)+of+the+Department%0D%0Afor+International+Development+(DFID%2C+formerly+the+Overseas+Development+Administration%0D%0A(ODA))+and+based+at+the+John+Innes+Centre+for+Plant+Sciences+Research+(JIC%2C+Norwich)%2C+the%0D%0AUniversity+of+Wales+(UW%2C+Bangor)%2C+and+the+Institute+of+Grassland+and+Environmental+Research%0D%0A(IGER%2C+Aberystwyth)%2C+and+several+public-sector+agencies+involved+in+pearl+millet+improvement%0D%0Ain+India+under+the+umbrella+of+the+All-India+Coordinated+Pearl+Millet+Improvement+Project%0D%0A(AICPMIP).&rft.publisher=IITA&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F6171%2F1%2FS2_5Hash.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hash%2C+C+T+and+Bramel-Cox%2C+P+J++(1999)+Marker+applications+in+pearl+millet.++Manual.+IITA%2C+Ibadan.+++++