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Morphological diversity in finger millet germplasm introduced from Southern and Eastern Africa

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Title Morphological diversity in finger millet germplasm introduced from Southern and Eastern Africa
 
Creator Upadhyaya, H D
Gowda, C L L
Reddy, V G
 
Subject Millets
 
Description Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) [family Poaceae
(Gramineae)] ranks fourth in importance among millets
in the world after sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), pearl
millet (Pennisetum glaucum) and foxtail millet (Setaria
italica). Finger millet is an annual robust grass, mainly
grown as a grain cereal in the semi-arid tropics and
subtropics of the world under rainfed conditions. It is
mentioned in archaeological records pertaining to early
African agriculture in Ethiopia that date back 5000 years
(source: http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/ Gbase/
safricadata/eleucor.htm). It is a staple food crop in the
drought prone areas in the world, and is considered as an
important component of food security. Finger millet
grain can be stored for years without storage pests, which
makes it a perfect food grain commodity for famineprone
areas (National Research Council 1996). While
grains are used for human consumption, the crop residues
are excellent source of dry matter for livestock especially
in dry season. Finger millet straw makes good fodder and
contains up to 61% total digestible nutrients (National
Research Council 1996).
The availability of diverse
 
Date 2007
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/2656/1/Morphological_diversity_in_finger.pdf
Upadhyaya, H D and Gowda, C L L and Reddy, V G (2007) Morphological diversity in finger millet germplasm introduced from Southern and Eastern Africa. Journal of SAT Agricultural Research, 3 (1). pp. 1-3.