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subspecies is an excellent source of genes for high<br />

resistance or immunity to every pest on pearl millet<br />

and for improved yield. Monodii identification is<br />

sometimes confused with P. pedicellatum and P.<br />

polystachyon (both 2n = 36 or 54), wild species which<br />

by causal observation look similar.<br />

Based on its morphological characteristics, stenostachyum<br />

is an intermediate between wild monodii<br />

and pearl millet (Brunken 1977), and probably is a<br />

cross between the two. It is reported to have inflorescences<br />

5-150 cm long (Brunken 1977), but the author<br />

observed inflorescence lengths range from 8-20 cm<br />

Table 1. Chromosome number(s) and gene pool relationships of some Pennisetum species. 1<br />

Pennisetum species<br />

americanum (L.) Leeke<br />

subsp. monodii (Maire) Brunken (same as violaceum)<br />

subsp. stenostachyum (Kloyzcsh ex. A.Br, and Bouche)<br />

Brunken (shibra or monodii americanum cross)<br />

schweinfurthii Pilger<br />

purpureum Schumach.<br />

ramosum (Hochst.) Schmeinf.<br />

massaicum Stapf.<br />

alopecuroides (Linn.) Spreng.<br />

atrichum Stapf & Hubb.<br />

bambusiforme Hemsl.<br />

basedowii Summerhayes & C.E. Hubbard<br />

cattabasis Stapf and Hubb.<br />

clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov.<br />

distachyum Rupr.<br />

divisum (Forssk. ex Gmel.) Henr.<br />

flaccidum Griseb.<br />

frutescens Leeke<br />

hohenackeri Hochst. ex Steud<br />

lanatum Klotzsch<br />

latifolium Spreng.<br />

macrostachyum Trin.<br />

macrourum Trin.<br />

nervosum Trin.<br />

nodiflorum Franch.<br />

notarisii Th. Dur. & Schinz, L.C.<br />

orientale L.C. Rich<br />

pedicellatum Trin.<br />

polystachyon (L.) Schult.<br />

pseudotrilicoides<br />

setaceum (Forsk.) Chiov.)<br />

schimpeii Steud.<br />

setosum (Swartz) L.C. Rich.<br />

squamulatum Fresen.<br />

subangustum (Schumacher) Stapf. & Hubb.<br />

tempisquense<br />

thunbergii Kunth.<br />

trisetum Leeke<br />

villosum R. Brown ex Fresen<br />

Chromosome number<br />

2n<br />

14<br />

14<br />

14<br />

14<br />

28<br />

10<br />

16,32<br />

18<br />

36<br />

36<br />

54<br />

18<br />

36<br />

36<br />

36<br />

18,36<br />

63<br />

18<br />

18<br />

36<br />

54<br />

36<br />

36<br />

18<br />

36,54<br />

18, 36, 54<br />

36,54<br />

36,54<br />

18<br />

27<br />

18<br />

54<br />

54<br />

36,54<br />

72<br />

18<br />

36<br />

18, 36, 54<br />

Gene pool 2<br />

Cultivated<br />

1<br />

1<br />

3<br />

2<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

3<br />

1. There are many more Pennisetum species but chromosome numbers and gene pool relationships have not been established.<br />

2. Gene pool relationships based on Harlan and de Wet, 1971.<br />

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