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Characterization of world's Foxtail Millet germplasm collections for morphological traits

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Title Characterization of world's Foxtail Millet germplasm collections for morphological traits
 
Creator Reddy, V G
Upadhyaya, H D
Gowda, C L L
 
Subject Millets
 
Description Foxtail millet [Setaria italica (L.) P.Beauv.] is one of the
world’s oldest cultivated crops. Its domestication and
cultivation is estimated to have occurred over 4000 years
ago (Chang 1968). It was the most important food crop of
the Neolithic culture in China. Foxtail millet ranks second
in the world’s total production of millets and is an important staple food for millions of people in southern Europe and Asia (Marathee 1993). There is wide genetic diversity available in foxtail millet, and characterizing these resources is a prerequisite for the genetic improvement of its cultivars. In this article we report the characterization and classification of foxtail millet germplasm conserved at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)-Patancheru, India.
 
Date 2006
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/1129/1/ISMN-47_107-109_2006.pdf
Reddy, V G and Upadhyaya, H D and Gowda, C L L (2006) Characterization of world's Foxtail Millet germplasm collections for morphological traits. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter, 47. pp. 107-109.