Details for: PI 592792, Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone, 'TIFT 93'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Cultivar:
'TIFT 93'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Received by NPGS:
28 Mar 1996
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Highly inbred
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Cultivar:
'TIFT 93'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Received by NPGS:
28 Mar 1996
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Highly inbred
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Developed

Georgia, United States

Developer(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'TIFT 93'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Dwarf inbred averaging 122cm in height at maturity. Flowers 71 and 85 days after June 30 and May 7 planting dates, respectively. Seeds brownish gray. Sheds abundant pollen. Can be used to produce a cytoplasmic-nuclear male sterile (cms) F1 hybrid that produces twice as much commercial hybrid seed as produced on an inbred.
Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Genus:
Cenchrus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:

464256
Place of publication:

Ann. Bot. (Oxford) ser. 2, 106:127. 2010
Verified:
01/17/2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum americanum L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke
Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke subsp. americanum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbajra  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Englishbulrush millet  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishcattail millet  1Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:119-123.
Englishhorse millet  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
EnglishIndian millet  1Tabaeizadeh, Z. et al. 1986. Somatic hybridization in the Gramineae: Saccharum officinarum L. (sugarcane) and Pennisetum americanum (L.) K. Schum. (pearl millet). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83:5616-5619.
Englishpearl millet  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchmil africain  2Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
Frenchmillet à chandelles  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchmillet perle  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanNegerhirse  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
GermanPerlhirse  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India (Hindi)bajira  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianmiglio perlato  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguesemilheto  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmijo negro  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmijo perla  2Catasús Guerra, L. J. 2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
Swedishpärlhirs  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chineseyu gu  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 11 Feb 2016, from Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. to Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
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Pedigree
Description:
Derived from a pollen shedding plant selected from 89 plants of a pearl millet cms Tift 23D(2)A(1) x MN2 (2n=6x=42) (pearl millet x napiergrass interspecific hybrid) cross.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. PL-28, MILLET, PEARL. Issued: 01 Jul 1997.
  • Hanna, W. W. 1997. Tift 93 pearl millet. Crop Sci. (Madison) 37(4):1406.

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 9600191
Variety: Tift 93
Taxonomy: Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Experimental name/synonym: Tift 93
Crop: MILLET, PEARL
Applicant: The United States Government as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
Date filed: 03/19/1996
Date issued: 05/25/2000
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 05/25/2020