Details for: PI 634549, Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone, NPM-8


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Top Name:
NPM-8
Origin:
Developed – Nebraska, United States
Received by NPGS:
30 Jan 2004
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Top Name:
NPM-8
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-8
Type: Institute identifier

Narrative
Dwarf, medium maturing, tillering, 93-123 cm in height. Flowers 57-66 d after early June to early July plantings at Mead, NE. Gives 56-73% male fertility restoration in hybrids with two A1 male sterile lines and 3-11% male fertility restoration in a hybrid with an A4 male sterile line. Grain yields of 1600-2900 kg/ha have been recorded. Grain yields of topcross hybrids with 3 seed parent lines were 82%, 44%, and 91% higher than in early, normal, and late plantings, respectively. Seeds gray in color, variable in shape with a size range of 4.8 - 11.3 g/1000. Panicles range in size from 24-45 cm in length (mean length 31.0 cm) and 1.7-2.5 cm in diameter and have good exertion.
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 selections of the Nigerian Dwarf Composiste (NCD2) germplasm (a very late, medium tall, long panicle, lodging, Nigerian and West African land race composite).
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. GP-38, MILLET, PEARL. Issued: 01 Nov 2004.
  • Rajewski, J. F., D. J. Andrews, & I. M Dweikat. 2004. NPM-8, a Dwarf Grain Pearl Millet Germplasm with Long Panicles. Crop Sci. (Madison) 44(6):2275-2276.