Breeding for Large Grain Size in Pearl Millet, Pennisetum Americanum (L.) Leeke
Author : Charles Thomas Hash
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Page : 524 pages
File Size : 17,82 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Pearl millet
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Author : Charles Thomas Hash
Publisher :
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 17,82 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Pearl millet
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Author : V. Venkata Krishna
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Page : 52 pages
File Size : 19,38 MB
Release : 1996
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 46,85 MB
Release : 1996-02-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0309176891
Scenes of starvation have drawn the world's attention to Africa's agricultural and environmental crisis. Some observers question whether this continent can ever hope to feed its growing population. Yet there is an overlooked food resource in sub-Saharan Africa that has vast potential: native food plants. When experts were asked to nominate African food plants for inclusion in a new book, a list of 30 species grew quickly to hundreds. All in all, Africa has more than 2,000 native grains and fruitsâ€""lost" species due for rediscovery and exploitation. This volume focuses on native cereals, including: African rice, reserved until recently as a luxury food for religious rituals. Finger millet, neglected internationally although it is a staple for millions. Fonio (acha), probably the oldest African cereal and sometimes called "hungry rice." Pearl millet, a widely used grain that still holds great untapped potential. Sorghum, with prospects for making the twenty-first century the "century of sorghum." Tef, in many ways ideal but only now enjoying budding commercial production. Other cultivated and wild grains. This readable and engaging book dispels myths, often based on Western bias, about the nutritional value, flavor, and yield of these African grains. Designed as a tool for economic development, the volume is organized with increasing levels of detail to meet the needs of both lay and professional readers. The authors present the available information on where and how each grain is grown, harvested, and processed, and they list its benefits and limitations as a food source. The authors describe "next steps" for increasing the use of each grain, outline research needs, and address issues in building commercial production. Sidebars cover such interesting points as the potential use of gene mapping and other "high-tech" agricultural techniques on these grains. This fact-filled volume will be of great interest to agricultural experts, entrepreneurs, researchers, and individuals concerned about restoring food production, environmental health, and economic opportunity in sub-Saharan Africa. Selection, Newbridge Garden Book Club
Author : Prem P. Jauhar
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Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,72 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Science
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Author : Mahmud Lawan
Publisher :
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 20,94 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Pearl millet
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Author : Julius Chukwuma Okonkwo
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 10,15 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Pearl millet
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Author : Leslie Keith Fussell
Publisher :
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 22,91 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Pearl millet
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Page : 224 pages
File Size : 20,14 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Rakesh K. Srivastava
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 37,52 MB
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ISBN : 3031569768
Author : Cletus Tangwe Asanga
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 25,23 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Pearl millet
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