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Morphological characterization of world's proso millet germplasm collection

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Title Morphological characterization of world's proso millet germplasm collection
 
Creator Reddy, V G
Upadhyaya, H D
Gowda, C L L
 
Subject Millets
 
Description Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum) is one of the
cultivated cereals. It has been known for thousands of
years in China, India and the CIS countries (former
USSR) and is still under cultivation in these countries. It
is also cultivated in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Afghanistan
and Romania (Martin et al. 1976). It is well adapted to
many soil and climatic conditions, and requires very little
water, possibly the lowest water requirement of any
cereal and converts water most efficiently to dry matter/
grain (Theisen et al. 1978, Hulse et al. 1980). This high
water use efficiency is not because of its droughttolerance
but because of its short growing period (Arnon
1972). It has good nutritive values with higher protein
content (>14%) than wheat (Triticum aestivum) (11.8%)
and rice (Oryza sativa) (6.8%). Proso millet is also rich in
minerals and trace elements like iron, zinc, copper and
manganese. There is wide genetic diversity available in
proso millet germplasm, and hence characterizing these
resources is a prerequisite for their efficient use in crop
improvement. In this article, we report the characterization
of proso millet germplasm conserved at the International
Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT), Patancheru, India.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2007
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/2727/1/MorphologicalCharacterizationOfWorld_2007.pdf
Reddy, V G and Upadhyaya, H D and Gowda, C L L (2007) Morphological characterization of world's proso millet germplasm collection. Journal of SAT Agricultural Research, 3. 4pp.. ISSN 0973-3094