Details for: PI 634546, Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone, NPM-5


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Top Name:
NPM-5
Origin:
Developed – Nebraska, United States
Received by NPGS:
30 Jan 2004
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 634546 CR02 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Top Name:
NPM-5
Origin:
Developed – Nebraska, United States
Received by NPGS:
30 Jan 2004
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
NPM-5
Type: Institute identifier

Narrative
Maturity medium early, dwarf, tillering A4and germplasm 66-104 cm in height. Flowers 57-68 d after early June to early July plantings at Mead, NE. Pollen shedding counts indicate that 99-100% of plants are male fertile. Gives 61-93% male fertility restoration in hybrids with two A4 male sterile lines. Grain yields of 1600-2800 kg/ha have been recorded. Grain yields topcross hybrids with 2 seed parent lines were 64%, 22%, and 38% higher than in early, normal, and late plantings, respectively. Seed gray in color, variable in shape with a size range of 5.9-13.8 g/1000. Panicles range in size from 14-29 cm in length (21.6 cm mean) and 2.2-3.7 cm in diameter with good exertion and segregate for bristles.
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 intermating 17 A4& parental breeding lines.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. GP-39, MILLET, PEARL. Issued: 01 Sep 2005.
  • Dweikat, I., J. Rajewski, D. Andrews, D. Baltensperger, & G. Frickel. 2005. NPM-5 and NPM-6 pearl millet. Crop Sci. (Madison) 45(5):2129.

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
PRODUCTIONSeed WeightWeight of 100 seeds recorded in grams1.02 S9.MILLETS.WEIGHTSPI 634546 02 SDNot Available