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Details for: PI 548968,
Cenchrus americanus
(L.) Morrone, 'ICMS 7703'
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus americanus
(L.) Morrone
Cultivar:
'ICMS 7703'
Origin:
Developed – India
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
26 Jan 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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PI 548968 01 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cenchrus americanus
(L.) Morrone
Cultivar:
'ICMS 7703'
Origin:
Developed – India
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
26 Jan 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Developed
India
Developer(s):
Andrews, David J., University of Nebraska
Havan, S.B.
Jain, R.P.
Talukdar, B.S., Int. Crops Res. Inst. for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Donated
26 January 1990.
Andhra Pradesh, India
Donor(s):
Talukdar, B.S., Int. Crops Res. Inst. for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Accession Names and Identifiers
'ICMS 7703'
Type: Cultivar name
Narrative
Plants 195-215cm tall, with 3-5 tillers. Maturity 85-90 days. Days to flowering 48-50. Anthers mixed cream and purple. Heads compact, short bristled, cylindrical, medium long (23-27cm), with straw colored glumes. Seed weight 6-9g per 1000. Seed obovate, shiny slate-grey. Resistance to downy mildew (Sclerospora graminicola).
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)
Chaetochloa glauca
(L.) Scribn.
Chamaeraphis glauca
(L.) Kuntze
Holcus spicatus
L.
Panicum glaucum
L.
Panicum spicatum
(L.) Roxb.
Pennisetum glaucum
(L.) R. Br.
Pennisetum leonis
Stapf & C. E. Hubb.
Pennisetum typhoideum
Rich.
Setaria glauca
(L.) P. Beauv.
Pennisetum typhoides
(Burm. f.) Stapf & C. E. Hubb.
Pennisetum spicatum
(L.) Körn.
Alopecurus typhoides
Burm. f.
Pennisetum glaucum
(L.) R. Br. subsp.
glaucum
Setaria glauca
(L.) P. Beauv. subsp.
glauca
Setaria glauca
(L.) P. Beauv. var.
glauca
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
bajra
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English
bulrush millet
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
cattail millet
1
Grubben, 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.
English
horse millet
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
Indian millet
1
Tabaeizadeh, 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.
English
pearl millet
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French
mil africain
2
Demilly, 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.
French
millet à chandelles
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French
millet perle
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Negerhirse
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
German
Perlhirse
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India (Hindi)
bajira
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian
miglio perlato
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguese
milheto
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
mijo negro
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
mijo perla
2
Catasús Guerra, L. J.
2002. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, II. Cavanillesia Altera 3:1-163.
Swedish
pärlhirs
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese
yu gu
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
11 Feb 2016, from
Pennisetum glaucum
(L.) R. Br. to
Cenchrus americanus
(L.) Morrone
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Description:
Intermating of 7 downy mildew resistant inbred lines derived from crosses: (Souna D2/Ex Bornu)-2, (J25-1/700515-9)-2-3, (B282/J804)-1-3, (J25-1/700797)-5-3, (J260-1/700557-1)-4-9, (J1798/700594)-2 and (700250/Ex Bornu)-6
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration
. CV-3, MILLET, PEARL. Issued: 01 Sep 1991.
Jain, R. P., S. B. Havan, B. S. Talukdar, & D. J. Andrews.
1991. ICMS 7703 Pearl Millet. Crop Sci. (Madison) 31(5):1381.
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0.92
S9.MILLETS.WEIGHTS
PI 548968 01 SD