Growth and development of the pearl millet plant (Research Bulletin 6)

In the drier semi-arid tropics of the world, pearl millet (Pennrsetum americanum [L] Leeke = Pennisetum typhoides Stapf and Hubbard) is one of the most important crops of the small farmer It is particularly adapted to conditions of nutrient-poor soils and low rainfall, yet is capable of rapid and vigorous growth under favorable conditions it is grown both as a gram and a forage crop and is the major cereal for the people in the drier areas of the lndlan subcontinent and of both West and East Afrtca Yet until very recent times, pearl mlllet received comparatively little attention from the scientific comunit