Towards understanding the traits contributing to performance of pearl millet open-pollinated varieties in phosphorus-limited environments of West Africa

Plant and Soil

Volumn 407, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 243-259

  Gemenet, Dorcus C ^a,b   Beggi, Francesca ^c   Hash, C Tom ^d   Sy, Ousmane ^e   Sanogo, Mousa D ^f   Zangre, Roger G ^g   Falalou, Hamidou ^d   Buerkert, Andreas ^c   Haussmann, Bettina I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^d ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

^e Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles ISRA   (Senegal)

^f Institut d' Economie Rurale (IER)   (Mali)

^g INSTITUT DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES INERA   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Pearl millet; Phosphorus efficiency; Selection strategy; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FLOWERING; GENETIC VARIATION; INDEX METHOD; MILLET; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

WEST AFRICA;

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 84939421880     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2636-9     Document Type: Article

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