Phenotyping reference set of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) for Agronomic Traits

Upadhyaya, H D and Bharathi, A and Gowda, C L L and Varshney, R K and Dwivedi, S L (2008) Phenotyping reference set of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) for Agronomic Traits. Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Belongs to family Poaceae and subfamily Panicoideae • A self-pollinating diploid crop with 2n=18 • Domesticated in highlands of central China, possibly about 4000 years ago • Cultivated in 26 countries with annual production of 2.9 million metric tons from the area of 3.5 m ha • Two Setaria species are S. glauca and S. italica with the latter having two subsp. viridis and italica • S. italica consists of three races (Moharia, Maxima and Indica) and ten subraces (Aristata, Fusiformis, Glabra, Compacta, Spongiosa, Assamense, Erecta, Nana, Glabra and Profusa) • ICRISAT gene bank contains the largest collection of 1535 accessions..........

Item Type: Monograph (Documentation)
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Subjects: Mandate crops > Millets
Depositing User: Mr Sanat Kumar Behera
Date Deposited: 02 Apr 2012 13:37
Last Modified: 02 Apr 2012 13:37
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/5826
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