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Isolation of candidate genes for apomictic development in buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare).

Physico-chemical characteristics, nutritional quality and shelf-life of pearl millet based extrusion cooked supplementary foods.

Isolation and characterization of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from subtracted cDNA libraries of Pennisetum glaucum seedlings.

A review of kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) poisoning in cattle.

Role of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins in resistance of pearl millet against downy mildew pathogen Sclerospora graminicola.

The characteristics of rhizosphere microbes associated with plants in arsenic-contaminated soils from cattle dip sites.

Functional validation of a novel isoform of Na+/H+ antiporter from Pennisetum glaucum for enhancing salinity tolerance in rice.

Antinutritional factor content and hydrochloric acid extractability of minerals in pearl millet cultivars as affected by germination.

Screening of cDNA libraries on glass slide microarrays.

Accumulation of pearl millet downy mildew resistance in Mali--2006 results.

Improving production of hyperthermostable and high maltose-forming alpha-amylase by an extreme thermophile Geobacillus thermoleovorans using response surface methodology and its applications.

Diversity of wild and cultivated pearl millet accessions (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.) in Niger assessed by microsatellite markers.

Isolation of bacteriocinogenic Lactobacillus plantarum strains from ben saalga, a traditional fermented gruel from Burkina Faso.

Genetic diversity and gene flow among pearl millet crop/weed complex: a case study.

Efficient protocols for in vitro regeneration of Pennisetum glaucum (L) Br.

Development of transgenic pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) plants resistant to downy mildew.

Nonhost resistance of barley is successfully manifested against Magnaporthe grisea and a closely related Pennisetum-infecting lineage but is overcome by Magnaporthe oryzae.

Description of the life-cycle of the pearl millet rust fungus--Puccinia substriata var. penicillariae with a proposal of reducing var. indica to a synonym.

Comparative physical mapping of the apospory-specific genomic region in two apomictic grasses: Pennisetum squamulatum and Cenchrus ciliaris.

A novel isoform of ATPase c subunit from pearl millet that is differentially regulated in response to salinity and calcium.