Pearl Millet for Food, Feed, and Forage

Andrews, D. J.; Kumar, K. Anand

doi:10.1016/s0065-2113(08)60936-0

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“…As a result, farmers have been reported to be eventually forced to abandon highly Striga-infested fields (Atera et al, 2011). For these poor farmers, millets are the major staple food providing them with carbohydrates and is the main source of vitamins and minerals including zinc and iron, (Andrews and Kumar, 1992;Rai et al, 2012;Bangoura et al, 2011;Mannuramath et al, 2015;Mishra et al, 2014). Hence, yield losses lead to significant negative socioeconomic problems: Striga affects the life of more than 300 million people in Africa and causes economic damage equivalent or even more than US$10 billion annually (Obilana and Ramaiah, 1992;Gurney et al, 2002;Rodenburg et al, 2005;Ejeta, 2007;Scholes and Press, 2008;Westwood et al, 2012).…”

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Haussmann

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Biotic Stress Resistance in Millets

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Striga

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2016

Biotic Stress Resistance in Millets

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“…Therefore, sorghum and pearl millet, which have exceptional quality of growth and adaptation in marginal environments, have the potential of becoming more important crops for feeding the growing population in these regions in the 21st century. In southeast Asia, Latin America, and other fast-developing regions, as well as in many countries of the developed world, the demand for sorghum as a feed will continue to increase, and pearl millet may also have great potential for such purposes (Andrews and Kumar 1992;Bramel-Cox et al 1995). Results of several feeding trials indicate that pearl millet is equivalent to maize as duck, broiler, and pig rations, but superior to maize when fed to laying hens and quails .…”

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“…Table 3. Essential amino acid composition a and protein content of sorghum and pearl millet grains (Andrews and Kumar 1992). erance to acid soil toxicity has been observed in both crops, but pearl millet has been found to be far more tolerant than sorghum (Clark et al 1990;Flores et al 1991). Breeding sorghum and pearl millet cultivars with tolerance to this trait will not only increase yields of these crops in Africa, but will also lead to sorghum yield increases in Latin America and to pearl millet being considered as a potential grain crop for this region.…”

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“…Outside the developing world, sorghum grain is predominantly used as animal feed, and pearl millet grain could have similar uses. The feed value of pearl millet grain is greater than that of sorghum and comparable with that of maize (Andrews and Kumar 1992). Sorghum and, to some extent, pearl millet have the potential for several alternative uses, for which technologies are better developed in sorghum than in pearl millet.…”

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Genetic enhancement of pearl millet and sorghum for the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa

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Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) and pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.), ranking fifth and sixth in global cereal hectarage, respectively, are the most important coarse-grain cereals in the semi-arid tropical regions of Asia and Africa. Pearl millet displays better adaptation to and is grown in relatively more marginal environments than sorghum. Under subsistence farming conditions, both crops have low grain yields (0.5-0.7 t·ha -1 for pearl millet and 0.7-0.9 t·ha -1 for sorghum), although improved hybrid cultivars give 3-4 t·ha -1 of realizable grain yields in better-endowed environments. African germplasm, especially Zera Zera sorghums from the Sudan-Ethiopian border in eastern Africa and Iniari pearl millets from the Togo -Ghana -Benin -Burkina Faso region of western Africa, has proved most useful for the genetic improvement of these crops. The greatest impact of improved cultivars (mostly hybrids) has occurred in India, where the area under high-yielding varieties (HYVs) increased from 6% for pearl millet and 3% for sorghum in the triennium 1968-1970 to 53% for pearl millet and 54% for sorghum in the triennium 1992-1994. During the same period, productivity of both crops increased by 59%, which is attributable to both genetic improvement and management factors. HYVs have now started to be adopted in some of the African countries as well (e.g., Chad, Cameroon, Botswana, and Zimbabwe for sorghum; Chad, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe for pearl millet). The availability of vast untapped genetic resources and continuing yield gains indicate that there are good prospects for future genetic improvement in the productivity of these crops, which can be accelerated with the application of biotechnological tools. Sorghum and pearl millet will continue to be important food crops in their traditional semi-arid tropical areas. Sorghum is already an important feed crop in the developed world and pearl millet has the potential to become an even better feed crop, as it has higher protein content and a better amino acid profile than sorghum. The nutritional value of both crops for food and feed use can be further improved by breeding. Also, through genetic enhancement, there exist opportunities for the development of sorghum and pearl millet cultivars suitable for alternative uses in the bakery and beverage industries.Key words: sorghum, Sorghum bicolor, pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum, genetic enhancement, semi-arid tropics, Asia, Africa, cultivars, impact.Résumé : Le sorgho (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) et le millet pearl (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) occupent le cinquième et sixième rangs, respectivement, en terme de superficies cultivées en céréales et sont les plus importantes céréales dans les régions tropicales semi-arides de l'Afrique et de l'Asie. Le millet pearl montre une meilleure adaptation et il est cultivé dans des environnements un peu plus marginaux que ne l'est le sorgho. En conditions d'agriculture de subsistance, ces deux cultures offrent de faibles rendements (0,5-0,7 t@ha -1...

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“…Isso tem ocorrido em função do bom desenvolvimento do milheto em condições adversas de clima e solo brasileiros, o que levou ao aumento de áreas ocupadas com esta cultura. O cultivo do milheto se destaca pela boa produção em solos de baixa fertilidade, altos índices de alumínio ou, ainda, em regiões com baixos índices de pluviosidade (ANDREWS & KUMAR, 1992).…”

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