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globusum has globose caryopses, and inflorescences<br />

are candle-shaped. It is widely distributed in West<br />

Africa. Race leonis is characterized by oblanceolate<br />

and acute caryopses. Inflorescences are candleshaped.<br />

This race is the principal pearl millet in<br />

Sierra Leone, and extends north to Mauritania.<br />

Hybrids between pearl millet and its spontaneous<br />

close relatives cross readily to produce fertile hybrids<br />

(Marchais and Tostain 1985), allowing for extensive<br />

modification of the genome of the cereal (Belliard et<br />

al. 1980). Transfer of the cultivated genotype into<br />

wild cytoplasm is a source of nucleo-cytoplasmic<br />

male sterility (Marchais and Pernes 1985), and<br />

resistance to diseases and pests. Pearl millet also<br />

crosses with Cenchrus ciliaris L. (Read and Bashaw<br />

1974), and more distantly-related species within<br />

Pennisetum.<br />

Munson, P.J. 1975. Archaeological data on the origins of<br />

cultivation in the southwestern Sahara and its implications<br />

for West Africa. Pages 187-210 in The origins of African<br />

plant domestication (Harlan, J.R., de Wet, J.M.J., and<br />

Stemler, A.B.L., eds.). The Hague: Mouton Press.<br />

Read, J . C , and Bashaw, E.C. 1974. Intergeneric hybrid<br />

between pearl millet and buffelgrass. Crop Science 14:401-<br />

403.<br />

Stapf, O., and Hubbard, C.E. 1934. Pennisetum. In The<br />

Flora of Tropical Africa (Prain, D., ed.). Vol. 9. London:<br />

Crown Agents.<br />

References<br />

Belliard, J., Nguyen Van, E., and Pernes, J. 1980. Analyse<br />

des relations genetiques entre formes spontanees et cultivees<br />

chez le M i l a chandelle. Ann Amelior. Plantes<br />

30:229-251.<br />

Brunken, J.N. 1977. A systematic study of Pennisetum<br />

sect. Pennisetum (Gramineae). American Journal of Botany<br />

64:161-167.<br />

Brunken, J.N., de Wet, J.M.J., and Harlan, J.R. 1977. The<br />

morphology and domestication of Pearl Millet. Economic<br />

Botany 31:163-174.<br />

Clark, J.D. 1962. The spread of food production in sub-<br />

Saharan Africa. Journal of African History 3:211-228.<br />

Clayton, W . D . 1972. Graminaea. Pages 170-465 in Flora of<br />

West Tropical Africa (Hepper, F.N., ed.). 2nd ed., vol. 3,<br />

pt. 2. London: Crown Agents.<br />

Clement, J.C. 1985. Les mils penicillaires de L'Afrique de<br />

L'Ouest. Rome and Ibidan: IBPGR-ORSTOM. 231 pp.<br />

Davies, O. 1968. The origins of agriculture in West Africa.<br />

Current Anthropology 9:479-482.<br />

Marchais, L., and Pernes, J. 1985. Genetic divergence<br />

between wild and cultivated pearl millets (Pennisetum<br />

typhoides). I. Male sterility. Zeitschr. Pflanzenzuchtung<br />

95:103-112.<br />

Marchais, L., and Tostain, S. 1985. Genetic divergence<br />

between wild and cultivated pearl millets (Pennisetum<br />

typhoides). I I . Characters of domestication. Zeitschr.<br />

Pflanzenzuchtung 95:245- 261.<br />

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