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Development of composite collection and genotyping of foxtail millet [Setaria italic (L.) Beauv.] composite collection

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Title Development of composite collection and genotyping of foxtail millet [Setaria italic (L.) Beauv.] composite collection
 
Creator Upadhyaya, H D
Varshney, R K
Hash, C T
Hoisington, D A
Gowda, C L L
Reddy, V G
Chandra, S
Lalitha, N
Bharathi, A
 
Subject Millets
Genetics and Genomics
 
Description Foxtail millet belongs to family Poaceae and subfamily Panicoideae
• A self-pollinating crop with chromosome number 2n=18
• Domesticated in highlands of central China, possibly about 4000 BC
• Cultivated in 26 countries, and ranks second in total world production of millets
• Produces six million tons of food mainly in southern Europe and in temperate, subtropical, and tropical Asia (Marathee 1993)
• An important crop in China, India, CIS countries, and Syria
• Possesses high nutrient quality............
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2006
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5817/1/Development_of_Composite_2006.pdf
Upadhyaya, H D and Varshney, R K and Hash, C T and Hoisington, D A and Gowda, C L L and Reddy, V G and Chandra, S and Lalitha, N and Bharathi, A (2006) Development of composite collection and genotyping of foxtail millet [Setaria italic (L.) Beauv.] composite collection. Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.