INTSORMIL, fighting hunger with research : a five-year technical research report of the grain sorghum/pearl millet Collaborative Research Support Program

The report covers six areas. A section on agronomy/physiology treats environmental stresses, cropping systems, and the effects of mineral element uptake and water and temperature on S/M production. A review of S/M plant breeding focuses on increasing productivity and resistance to disease, drought, and insects; an evaluation of S/M germplasm for dryland farming is included. Reports are presented on INTSORMIL"s efforts in entomology and pathology in regard to the roles played by various elements in S/M preservation, storage, and resistance to disease, as well as research in the food, chemical, and nutritional qualities of S/M and S/M consumption rates. A final section examines sociocultural restraints to S/M consumption in developing countries, the international S/M system, and the role of S/M in the farming, marketing, and agricultural research systems of the Sudan, southern Honduras, and Mexico.