Morphological characterization of pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br] in Southern Algeria (Tidikelt region)

2^nd International Conference on Biomechanics, Bioengineering & Audiology

November 07-08, 2016 Las Vegas, USA

Mohamed Lemgharbi, Rachid Souilah, Badreddine Belhadi, Ladjel Terbag, Djaafar Djabali and Boubakeur Nadjemi

Upper School Normale De Kouba (Ens), Algeria
Ecole Normale Sup�©rieure, France

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Bioengineer & Biomedical Sci

Abstract :

The present study was undertaken to characterize pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] in Tidikelt region. In order to identify the characters diagnostic key of the genotypes, 13 group of pearl millet were assessed from different sites in maturation stage on the basis of pearl millet descriptors of the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (IBPGR) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropic (ICRISAT).The most widely varied variables were: Height of the plant (HP), nodes number (NN), leafs number (LN) on main tiller, panicle color (PC), stem diameter (SD) and seed endosperm texture; whereas very low variation was noted in third leave dimensions; length (LL), width (LW) and seed shape (SF). Therefore, local millet (MLT.P, MLT. Ham) appeared as the best groups based on their agro-morphological variations detected in this study, compared with domesticated (MDT.SepL, MDT.Smix) and wild millet (MlT.VN, MLT.VNP) which are often used as hay.

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