Farmer-participatory improvement of sorghum and pearl millet genetic resources for increased adaptation to diverse production environments in West Africa
This project is designed to develop in a farmer-participatory manner pearl millet [Pennisetumglaucum (L.) R. Br.] and sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] populations or cultivars with specific adaptation to different production environments in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. It consists of two sub-p...
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CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36047 |
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| author | Gonsalves, Julian Francis |
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| description | This project is designed to develop in a farmer-participatory manner pearl millet [Pennisetumglaucum (L.) R. Br.] and sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] populations or cultivars with specific adaptation to different production environments in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. It consists of two sub-projects dealing with specific targets: (1) Dynamic genepool management and farmer- participatory recurrent population improvement of sorghum and pearl millet; and (2) development of improved sorghum cultivars with high phosphorus (P) efficiency and adaptation to low soil fertility using innovative screening, hereafter abbreviated as “P efficiency in sorghum.” |
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| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2013 |
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| spelling | CGSpace360472024-01-17T12:58:34Z Farmer-participatory improvement of sorghum and pearl millet genetic resources for increased adaptation to diverse production environments in West Africa Gonsalves, Julian Francis participatory approaches plant breeding agriculture pearl millet sorghum This project is designed to develop in a farmer-participatory manner pearl millet [Pennisetumglaucum (L.) R. Br.] and sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] populations or cultivars with specific adaptation to different production environments in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. It consists of two sub-projects dealing with specific targets: (1) Dynamic genepool management and farmer- participatory recurrent population improvement of sorghum and pearl millet; and (2) development of improved sorghum cultivars with high phosphorus (P) efficiency and adaptation to low soil fertility using innovative screening, hereafter abbreviated as “P efficiency in sorghum.” 2013 2014-06-11T15:38:55Z 2014-06-11T15:38:55Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36047 en http://mcknight.ccrp.cornell.edu/program_docs/project_documents/WAF/WAF_06-014/06-014_sorghum_yr2_07-08_vweb.pdf Open Access CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security |
| spellingShingle | participatory approaches plant breeding agriculture pearl millet sorghum Gonsalves, Julian Francis Farmer-participatory improvement of sorghum and pearl millet genetic resources for increased adaptation to diverse production environments in West Africa |
| title | Farmer-participatory improvement of sorghum and pearl millet genetic resources for increased adaptation to diverse production environments in West Africa |
| title_full | Farmer-participatory improvement of sorghum and pearl millet genetic resources for increased adaptation to diverse production environments in West Africa |
| title_fullStr | Farmer-participatory improvement of sorghum and pearl millet genetic resources for increased adaptation to diverse production environments in West Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farmer-participatory improvement of sorghum and pearl millet genetic resources for increased adaptation to diverse production environments in West Africa |
| title_short | Farmer-participatory improvement of sorghum and pearl millet genetic resources for increased adaptation to diverse production environments in West Africa |
| title_sort | farmer participatory improvement of sorghum and pearl millet genetic resources for increased adaptation to diverse production environments in west africa |
| topic | participatory approaches plant breeding agriculture pearl millet sorghum |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36047 |
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