<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>Genotypic variation in biomass production and nitrogen use efficiency in pearl millet [Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke]</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">G</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Alagarswamy</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">F R</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Bidinger</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>&#13;
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Twenty diverse pearl millet genotypes ranging from landraces to high yielding hybrids were studied for genotypic variation in nitrogen (N) use efficiency in high (100 kg N/ha) and low fertility (20 kg N/ha) over two years in the field.&#13;
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The combined data over years and fertility levels indicated that despite taking up similar amounts of N, genotypes differed significantly in biomass production and thus in N use efficiency. A West African genotype, Souna B, had N use efficiency values 32% higher than the less efficient Indian genotype BJ 104 even though both genotypes had similar N uptake. An increase in N fertility decreased N use efficiency since the percentage increase in biomass was smaller than the percentage increase in N uptake.&#13;
</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Pearl Millet</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Genetics and Genomics</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">1985</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>Martinus Nijhoff</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Book Section</mods:genre></mods:mods>