2013
DOI: 10.1017/s1479262113000233
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Characterization of Sudanese pearl millet germplasm for agro-morphological traits and grain nutritional values

Abstract: Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) is an important staple cereal cultivated in the arid and semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa, regions severely affected by malnutrition. Knowledge about the extent of genetic variability and patterns of agro-morphological variation in local germplasm from a target region is an important prerequisite for efficient crop improvement. To assess the potential of Sudanese pearl millet landraces as sources of desirable traits for pearl millet improvement including biofor… Show more

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“…The high heritability value for grain Fe content indicates it was less influenced by environment. High heritability estimates for grain Fe in pearl millet were previously reported by Bashir et al (2014) and Govindaraj et al (2011). Means not sharing a common letter in a column differ significantly at 0.05% level of probability…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 56%
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“…The high heritability value for grain Fe content indicates it was less influenced by environment. High heritability estimates for grain Fe in pearl millet were previously reported by Bashir et al (2014) and Govindaraj et al (2011). Means not sharing a common letter in a column differ significantly at 0.05% level of probability…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 56%
“…The extent of variation in the Fe, Zn and Al concentrations observed is presented in . These ranges were substantially narrower than those recently reported for pearl millet (Hama et al, 2012;Rai et al, 2013;Bashir et al, 2014;Pucher et al, 2014), perhaps because the tested materials did not include any Iniari landrace-derivatives. Based on their mean performances across the four environments, the varieties ICRI-Tabi and ICMV-IS 13131 (reselected ICRI-Tabi) were identified as stable and more promising for grain Fe density.…”
Section: Resultscontrasting
confidence: 55%
“…The WCA region has the largest area under millets in Africa, of which more than 90% is pearl millet. Studies of pearl millet landraces and other locally adapted materials from Niger and Sudan showed promising ranges of mineral density [75,76,77]. The most promising iron pearl millet OPVs are currently being tested on-farm at more than 30 locations across five countries in WCA.…”
Section: Iron Pearl Milletmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In cereals, the reduction of plant height has been the main target for improving lodging resistance. A very good example is the shorter length of the lower internodes; smaller inner Culm diameter and higher thickness of mechanical tissue in japonica rice improved stem strength has reduced lodging risk (Bashir et al, 2014).…”
Section: Resistance To Lodging and Shatteringmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It presupposes knowledge of the botanical characteristics of the species, of plant diseases and their epidemiology, of insect pests that feed upon the different plant species, of physiological factors related to adaptation of plants, and of biochemical characteristics affecting utilization and nutritive value (Poehlman, 2013). Knowledge about the extent of genetic variability and patterns of agromorphological variation in local germplasm from a target region is an important prerequisite for efficient crop improvement (Bashir et al, 2014). Global food security demands the development of new technologies to increase and secure cereal production on finite arable land without increasing water and fertilizer use.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%