Abstract

In the course of field studies on pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides Stapf and Hubbard) an interesting morphological variation viz., white striping of leaves in some plants was observed. Plants with albinotic stripes with varying intensities were observed in three inbred lines. Similar variegation has been studied in Gramineae in the genus Zea (Anderson, 1923; Demerec, 1927), Sorghum (Karper, 1934), Hordeum (Imai, 1936), Avena (Love et al, 1936), Oryza (Pal et al 1941) and Triticum (Pao et al, 1946). The occurrence and inheritance of variegation in the pearl millet has not been reported so far, though chlorophyll deficiencies as albinos and albino-stripes have been recorded (Krishnaswamy et al, 1942). Detailed studies of variegation in pearl millet have been made and presented in this paper.

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