Carotenoids in Pearl Millet Seed 1

Crop Science ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 300-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. Curtis ◽  
G. W. Burton ◽  
O. J. Webster
Keyword(s):  
Pearl Millet ◽  
Millet Seed

scholarly journals LOCAL VILLAGE SEED SYSTEMS AND PEARL MILLET SEED QUALITY IN NIGER

2002 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ndjeunga
Keyword(s):  
Pearl Millet ◽  
Seed Production ◽  
Seed Quality ◽  
Pennisetum Glaucum ◽  
Seed Systems ◽  
Seed Security ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Acceptable Quality ◽  
Millet Seed ◽  
The Village

Donors have invested more than US$45 million in seed production projects in Niger during the past two decades. These investments have largely failed. Public seed systems consistently supplied less than 2% of the total national seed planted by farmers. Through subsidies, seed prices represent less than one-third of the average cost of seed production. In contrast, at the village level, most farmers consistently obtain pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) seed from their own harvests, from neighbours or from village markets. Seed is of acceptable quality and a range of varieties is available. Village seed systems offer a cheaper and more efficient means of delivering seed to farmers. Future investment in seed systems development should target improvements in the capacity of village seed systems to maintain and distribute seed security stocks in drought years. Efficient seed producers or groups of farmers in each community should be identified and encouraged to become entrepreneurs tasked with the multiplication and distribution of new pearl millet varieties.

scholarly journals Pearl millet seed pelleting

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 352-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrício Becker Peske ◽  
Ana Dionisia L. C. Novembre
Keyword(s):  
Pearl Millet ◽  
Polyvinyl Acetate ◽  
Seedling Emergence ◽  
Methyl Cellulose ◽  
Powder Coating ◽  
Control Treatment ◽  
Physical Analysis ◽  
Millet Seed ◽  
Physiological Analysis ◽  
Materials Used

The pearl millet seed is small and its size varies, making sowing more difficult. The pelleting technique increases and homogenizes seed size, but it is essential to determine the physical and physiological characteristics of pelleted seeds. The physiological analysis consisted of: first germination count, final germination, speed emergence index, and seedling emergence. Physical analysis consisted of determining the 1000-seed weight, 1000-seed volume and fragmentation. The control treatment did not receive any coating, and the other 36 treatments combined four binders: bentonite, polyvinyl acetate (PVA), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and methyl cellulose (Methocel®), and nine powder coating products: microcellulose, plaster, vermiculite, magnesium thermophosphate (Yoorin®), phytic acid, dicalcium phosphate, super simple phosphate (SS), monoamonic phosphate (MAP) and reactive phosphate. Among the materials used to form the pearl millet pellet, the most efficient binders were the polyvinyl acetate and the methyl cellulose, and as coaters, the vermiculite and the microcellulose.

scholarly journals A Novel Route of Mixed Catalysis for Production of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters from Potential Seed Oil Sources

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 811
Author(s):  
Shazia Perveen ◽  
Muhammad Asif Hanif ◽  
Razyia Nadeem ◽  
Umer Rashid ◽  
Muhammad Waqar Azeem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Pearl Millet ◽  
Fatty Acid Methyl Esters ◽  
Seed Oil ◽  
Methyl Esters ◽  
Cetane Number ◽  
Mustard Seed ◽  
Seed Oils ◽  
Acid Methyl ◽  
Millet Seed

Depleting petroleum resources coupled with the environmental consequences of fossil fuel combustion have led to the search for renewable alternatives, such as biodiesel. In this study, sunflower (Helianthus annus), mustard (Brassica compestres) and pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum) seed oils were converted into biodiesel (fatty acid methyl esters) by acid-, base- and lipase-catalyzed transesterification, and the resultant fuel properties were determined. The methyl esters displayed superior iodine values (102–139), low densities, and a high cetane number (CN). The highest yield of biodiesel was obtained from mustard seed oil, which provided cloud (CP) and pour (PP) points of −3.5 and 5 °C, respectively, and a CN of 53. The sunflower seed oil methyl esters had a density of 0.81–0.86 kg/L at 16 °C, CP of 2 °C, PP of −8 °C, and a CN of 47. The pearl millet seed oil methyl esters yielded a density 0.87–0.89 kg/L, CP and PP of 4 °C and −5 °C, respectively, and a CN of 46. The major fatty acids identified in the sunflower, mustard, and pearl millet seed oils were linolenic (49.2%), oleic acid (82.2%), and linoleic acid (73.9%), respectively. The present study reports biodiesel with ideal values of CP and PP, to extend the use of biodiesel at the commercial level.

scholarly journals Transcriptome analysis revealed the regulation of gibberellin and the establishment of photosynthetic system promote rapid seed germination and early growth of seedling in pearl millet

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bingchao Wu ◽  
Min Sun ◽  
Huan Zhang ◽  
Dan Yang ◽  
Chuang Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seed Germination ◽  
Pearl Millet ◽  
Seedling Growth ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Germination Rate ◽  
Expression Patterns ◽  
Early Growth ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Millet Seed ◽  
Key Genes

Abstract Background Seed germination is the most important stage for the formation of a new plant. This process starts when the dry seed begins to absorb water and ends when the radicle protrudes. The germination rate of seed from different species varies. The rapid germination of seed from species that grow on marginal land allows seedlings to compete with surrounding species, which is also the guarantee of normal plant development and high yield. Pearl millet is an important cereal crop that is used worldwide, and it can also be used to extract bioethanol. Previous germination experiments have shown that pearl millet has a fast seed germination rate, but the molecular mechanisms behind pearl millet are unclear. Therefore, this study explored the expression patterns of genes involved in pearl millet growth from the germination of dry seed to the early growth stages. Results Through the germination test and the measurement of the seedling radicle length, we found that pearl millet seed germinated after 24 h of swelling of the dry seed. Using transcriptome sequencing, we characterized the gene expression patterns of dry seed, water imbibed seed, germ and radicle, and found more differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in radicle than germ. Further analysis showed that different genome clusters function specifically at different tissues and time periods. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis showed that many genes that positively regulate plant growth and development are highly enriched and expressed, especially the gibberellin signaling pathway, which can promote seed germination. We speculated that the activation of these key genes promotes the germination of pearl millet seed and the growth of seedlings. To verify this, we measured the content of gibberellin and found that the gibberellin content after seed imbibition rose sharply and remained at a high level. Conclusions In this study, we identified the key genes that participated in the regulation of seed germination and seedling growth. The activation of key genes in these pathways may contribute to the rapid germination and growth of seed and seedlings in pearl millet. These results provided new insight into accelerating the germination rate and seedling growth of species with slow germination.

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