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Image courtesy of USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database
Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950.
Manual of the grasses of the United States.
USDA Misc. Publ. No. 200. Washington, DC.
  • Common Name - Pearl Millet; American Fountaingrass
  • Family: Poaceae or Graminae -- Grass family
  • Subfamily: Panicoideae
  • Tribe: Paniceae
  • Genus Pennisetum (fountaingrass)
  • Species Pennisetum glaucum
  • *2005 World Production (all millets)27,328,924 Metric Ton
  • *2005 World Harvest (all millets) - 35,919,206 Ha
  • **Genome Size 2350 Mb
  • Chromosome number : 7
  • 2n=14
  • Photosynthetic pathway: C4
* Data obtained from FAOSTAT data, 2005
** Data obtained from Bennett, M., et al., 2000.
   

Pearl Millet Harvest
Image courtesy: ARS-USDA


References:

  1. FAOSTAT data, 2005

  2. Bennett, M., et al., 2000. "Nuclear DNA Amounts in Angiosperms and their Modern Uses - 807 New Estimates." Annals of Botany, v86, 859-909. (Gramene Reference ID 8393)