Proceedings of the International Pearl Millet Workshop
Subtitle: 7-11 April 1986, ICRISAT Center, India
By: sponsored by USAID Title XII Collaborative Research Support Program on Sorghum and Pearl Millet (INTSORMIL) and International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) ; [scientific editor, J.R. Witcombe ; publication editor, Seth R. Beckerman]
Publisher: ICRISAT
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Pearl millet; Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) in Africa and India  -- J.M.J. de Wet -- (2 p.).; title: Pearl millet in Indian agriculture  -- G Harinarayana -- (14 p.).; title: Pearl millet in African agriculture  -- Dunstan S.C Spencer -- (14 p.).; title: Utilization of wild relatives of pearl millet  -- W.W Hanna -- (10 p.).; title: Food quality and consumer acceptance of pearl millet  -- L.W Rooney -- (20 p.).; title: Improvement through plant breeding  -- D.J Andrews -- (2 p.).; title: Diversity and utilization of pearl millet germplasm  -- K. Anand Kumar -- (14 p.).; title: Breeding pearl millet male-sterile lines  -- K.N Rai -- (12 p.).; title: Pearl millet hybrids  -- H.R Dave -- (6 p.).; title: Practical recurrent selection in cross-pollinated crops  -- W.A Compton -- (14 p.).; title: Varietal improvement of pearl millet in West Africa  -- Oumar Niangado -- (12 p.).; title: Biology and epidemiology of downy mildew of pearl millet -- H.S Shetty-- (14 p.).; title: Potential and prospects of pearl millet as a crop for intensive agriculture in Gujarat  -- J.C Patel -- (1 p.).; title: The potential of pearl millet as a grain crop in the central great plains of the USA  -- W.D Stegmeier -- (1 p.).; title: Strategy to raise pearl millet productivity through intensive agriculture  -- K.R Chopra -- (1 p.).; title: Agronomy for the realization of yield potential of pearl millet--a speculation  -- Choong Woon Hong -- (1 p.).; title: La culture du mil--face aux contraintes de l'agriculture intensive  -- A Thiam -- (1 p.).; title: Constaints to intensive cultivation of pearl millet  -- A Thiam -- (1 p.).; title: Characterizing variability in rainfall in arid zones  -- A.K.S Huda -- (1 p.).; title: Improving millet-based cropping systems in the Sahelo-Sudanian zone of Mali  -- S.V.R Shetty -- (1 p.).; title: Cropping systems of pearl millet in arid zones of Rajasthan -- H.S Daulay-- (1 p.).; title: Breeding pearl millet varieties for arid zones  -- M.B.L Saxena -- (1 p.).; title: Breeding pearl millet for drought in the Sudan  -- El Hag H Abu-el-gasim -- (1 p.).; title: Disease incidence on pearl millet in Niger during 1981-1985  -- Peter Reckhaus -- (1 p.).; title: Recherches sur la résistance variétale du mil aux maladies au Sénœgal = Research on pearl millet varietal disease resistance in Senegal  -- D.F MBaye -- (1 p.).; title: Pathology of pearl millet in Nigeria  -- S.K Manzo -- (1 p.).; title: Research on the management of pearl millet diseases in West Africa  -- J.C Selvaraj -- (1 p.).; title: Preponderence of downy mildew of pearl millet in Delhi and Haryana  -- S.B Mathur -- (1 p.).; title: Sources of resistance to downy mildew from local landraces of pearl millet  -- N.B Pawar -- (1 p.).; title: Stunt and counter-stunt symptoms in pearl millet downy mildew  -- S.L Ball -- (1 p.).; title: Studies on pearl millet rust -- K.B Sharma-- (1 p.).; title: The pertinence of gynoecial structure and pollination dynamics to ovary infection of pearl millet by ergot  -- J Willingale -- (1 p.).; title: Screening pearl millet for resistance to Striga hermonthica in West Africa  -- K.V Ramaiah -- (1 p.).; title: Pearl millet cultivation in Tamil Nadu  -- V Subramanian -- (1 p.).; title: Insect pests of pearl millet in Rajasthan  -- S.K Verma -- (1 p.).; title: Insect pests of pearl millet in peninsular India  -- T.K Murthi -- (1 p.).; title: Pearl millet entomology research in Senegal  -- Ruparao T Gahukar -- (1 p.).; title: Status of millet entomology in Nigeria  -- Olupomi Ajayi -- (1 p.).; title: Host-plant resistance to pearl millet insect pests in India  -- Prem Kishore -- (1 p.).; title: Host-plant resistance to insect pests in pearl millet  -- H.C Sharma -- (1 p.).; title: Using genetic markers on pearl millet chromosomes to locate and transfer heterotic blocks for forage yield -- Glenn W Burton-- (1 p.).; title: Developments and lacunae in the genetic improvement of forage pennisetums  -- V.P Gupta -- (1 p.).; title: Breeding photoperiod responsive varieties of forage pennisetums  -- S.K Gupta -- (1 p.).; title: Breeding sweet pearl millet dual-purpose varieties  -- M.N Prasad -- (1 p.).; title: New approaches in forage breeding in pearl millet  -- R.R Vohra -- (1 p.).; title: Breeding Pennisetum pedicellatum for forage  -- A.P Singh -- (1 p.).; title: Potential of associative nitrogen fixation in rainfed cereals  -- P Tauro -- (1 p.).; title: Factors affecting nitrogen fixation associated with cereals  -- S.P Wani -- (1 p.).; title: Mycorrhiza in cereals  -- D.J Bhagyaraj -- (1 p.).; title: Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in relation to pearl millet phosphorus nutrition  -- K.R Krishna -- (1 p.).; title: Interaction between associative nitrogen fixing bacteria and mycorrhiza in cereals -- K.V.B.R Tilak-- (1 p.).; title: Brief overview of pearl millet hybrids in Africa  -- K. Anand Kumar -- (1 p.).; title: Pearl millet male-steriles and hybrids in Nigeria  -- C.C Nwasike -- (1 p.).; title: Research on pearl millet hybrids in Senegal  -- A.T NDoye -- (1 p.).; title: Potential for pearl millet hybrids in Southern Africa  -- S.C Gupta -- (1 p.).; title: Recherches sur les qualités organoleptiques au Niger = Grain quality research in Niger  -- Moussa Oumarou -- (2 p.).; title: Grain quality research in Mali  -- M Haidara -- (1 p.).; title: Food quality and consumer acceptance of pearl millet in India  -- V Subramanian -- (1 p.).; title: Traditional food preparations of pearl millet in Asia and Africa  -- S. Appa Rao -- (1 p.).; title: Storage quality of pearl millet  -- P Pushpamma -- (1 p.).; title: Studies on adaptability and gene effects and their implications in pearl millet breeding -- R.L Kapoor-- (1 p.).; title: Genetic divergence in landraces of pearl millet in Rajasthan  -- K.L Vyas -- (1 p.).; title: Genetic basis of population improvement in pearl millet  -- V Arunachalam -- (1 p.).; title: Quantitative genetic analysis in pearl millet  -- D.S Virk -- (1 p.).; title: Essais régionaux du mil conduits par le CILSS, 1981-1984 = Pearl millet regional trials by CILSS, 1981-1984  -- G Loynet -- (1 p.).; title: Analysis of the International Pearl Millet Adaptation Trial (IPMAT)  -- J.R Witcombe -- (1 p.).; title: Problems and strategies in the control of downy mildew  -- S.D Singh -- (12 p.).; title: Problems and strategies in the control of ergot and smut in pearl millet  -- R.P Thakur -- (10 p.).; title: Insectes ravageurs du mil en Afrique de l'Ouest et les moyens de lutte = Insect pests of pearl millet in West Africa and their control -- Mbaye NDoye-- (24 p.).; title: Role and utilization of microbial associations to facilitate pearl millet growth  -- David H Hubbell -- (8 p.).; title: Crop growth in semi-arid environments  -- G.R Squire -- (14 p.).; title: Making millet improvement objectives fit client needs : improved genotypes and traditional management systems in Burkina Faso  -- Peter J Matlon -- (14 p.).; title: Management practices to increase and stabilize and pearl millet production in India  -- Rajat De -- (8 p.).; title: Management practices to increase yield and yield stability of pearl millet in Africa  -- L.K Fussell -- (14 p.).; title: Breeding for adaptation to environmental stress?  -- F.R Bidinger -- (10 p.).; title: Androgenesis in pearl millet  -- N Mallikarjuna -- (1 p.).; title: General survey of enzymatic diversity in pearl millet -- S Tostain-- (1 p.).