Crop Name: Pearl Millet
National Code: NGPG-00-8
Variety Name: LCIC-MV-1
Original Name: SOSAT-C88
Outstanding Characteristics: Food taste is preferred by 99% of users. Thick stem, high grian yield and earliness. (2.5-3t/ha)
Agroecological Zones:
Origin/Source: IER MALI/ICRISAT- NIAMEY
Developing Institute: LCRI Maiduguri and ICRISAT Kano
Breeder(s)/Collaborators: Y.Yakubu, I. Angarawai, S.C. Gupta & S.E. Aladele
Potential Yield (t/ha): 3
Year of Release: 2000
Year of Registration: 2000