Regeneration Guidelines Finger Millet

    Upadhyaya, H D and Reddy, V G and Sastry, D V S S R (2008) Regeneration Guidelines Finger Millet. In: Crop specific regeneration guidelines [CD-ROM]. CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resource Programme, Rome, Italy, pp. 1-7.

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    Abstract

    Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) is an important subsistence cereal in parts of Africa and south Asia. The species has two subspecies, africana (Kenn.-O’Byrne) K.W. Hilu & de Wet and coracana (L.) Gaertn. Subspecies africana has two Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) is an important subsistence cereal in parts of Africa and south Asia. The species has two subspecies, africana (Kenn.-O’Byrne) K.W. Hilu & de Wet and coracana (L.) Gaertn. Subspecies africana has two races, africana and spontanea, while subspecies coracana has four races: elongata, plana, compacta and vulgaris (Prasada Rao et al. 1993). Finger millet is mostly self-pollinating, with some amount of cross-pollination (1%) mediated by wind (Jansen and Ong 1996; Purseglove 1972). Finger millet is very adaptable to a wide range of environmental and climatic conditions, thrives at higher elevations than most other tropical cereals and tolerates salinity better than most cereals. races, africana and spontanea, while subspecies coracana has four races: elongata, plana, compacta and vulgaris (Prasada Rao et al. 1993). Finger millet is mostly self-pollinating, with some amount of cross-pollination (1%) mediated by wind (Jansen and Ong 1996; Purseglove 1972). Finger millet is very adaptable to a wide range of environmental and climatic conditions, thrives at higher elevations than most other tropical cereals and tolerates salinity better than most cereals.

    Item Type: Book Section
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    Subjects: Mandate crops > Millets
    Depositing User: Mr Sanat Kumar Behera
    Date Deposited: 17 Nov 2011 09:11
    Last Modified: 17 Nov 2011 09:11
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/4010
    Acknowledgement: These guidelines have been peer reviewed by Kameswara Rao, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Dubai, UAE.
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