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Status of Global Pearl Millet Breeding Programs and the Way Forward
2017-11-01
Abstract excerpt
Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is a warm‐season, C4 annual cereal primarily grown in Africa and India for food and fodder. It is also grown in the United States, mainly as a forage crop on a limited area. It is the sixth most important cereal crop in the world. More than 90 million people around the world rely on it as a food grain. It is known for its drought and heat tolerance to reliably produce...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 92403ed1-66bf-5cc8-b261-68e3d80e26de
- DOI
- 10.2135/cropsci2016.11.0936