Pennisetum glaucum L

The major protein fraction in pearl millet is prolamin the alcohol soluble fraction called pennisetin. Researches on the factors affecting pennisetin extraction and on its functional properties are still very scant. In this paper, the effect of temperature, reducing agents (β-mercaptoethanol, dithiothreitol or sodium metabisulfite) and sodium hydroxide on pennisetin extraction was assessed.

7p mudbound 10-12-2021 11 2   Download

The heterosis and combining ability study was conducted in pearl millet involving 60 crosses and 32 parents for 10 quantitative traits to predict the gene action involved in inheritance of yield and yield contributing traits and to identify best general combiners and superior crosses.

13p chauchaungayxua10 19-03-2021 15 2   Download

Interspecific hybrids between cultivars of pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] with 2n = 2x = 14 and its wild relative Napier Grass [Pennisetum purpureum (K.) Schum] with 2n = 4x = 28, which have multicut behaviour, perennial nature, high biomass and drought tolerance traits for crop improvement, were obtained by cross hybridization. Twenty hybrid progenies were obtained and then examined based on the morphological traits. Nine of them were confirmed to be true interspecific hybrids.

6p kethamoi2 15-12-2019 24 3   Download