Proceedings of the Consultants' Group Meetings on Downy Mildew and Ergot of Pearl Millet Held at Hyderabad, India on 1-3 October 1975

摘要

ICRISAT, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, was created to serve a large segment of humanity which has been left behind in modern advances in the sciences of agricultural production. Pearl millet is the major crop able to withstand the moisture stresses so common on the sandier and less moisture retentive soils and of the drier areas of the semi-arid tropics. But their susceptibility to downy mildew and ergot, when they are grown on an extensive scale, have proven to be the major obstacle to the realization of the high hopes aroused by these more productive genotypes. The report describes the problem and progress on this vital problem.