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    • Foxtail millet, scientific name Setaria italica (synonym Panicum italicum L.), is an annual grass grown for human food. It is the second-most widely planted species of millet, and the most grown millet species in Asia. The oldest evidence of foxtail millet cultivation was found along the ancient course of the Yellow River in Cishan, China, carbon dated to be from around 8,000 years before present. …

    Description

    Foxtail millet is an annual grass with slim, vertical, leafy stems which can reach a height of 120–200 cm (3 ft 11 in – 6 ft 7 in).
    The seedhead is a dense, hairy panicle 5–30 cm (2 in – 1 ft 0 in) long.
    The small s… See more

    Taxonomy

    Synonyms:
    • Alopecurus caudatus Thunb.
    • Chaetochloa germanica (Mill.) Smyth
    • Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribn.… See more

    Cultivation

    In India, foxtail millet is still an important crop in its arid and semi-arid regions. In South India, it has been a staple diet among people for a long time from the Sangam period. It is referred to often in old Tamil texts … See more

    Pests

    Diseases of foxtail millet include leaf and head blast disease caused by Magnaporthe grisea, smut disease caused by Ustilago crameri, and green ear caused by Sclerospora graminicola. The unharvested crop is als… See more

    History and domestication

    The wild ancestor of foxtail millet has been securely identified as Setaria viridis, which is interfertile with foxtail millet; wild or weedy forms of foxtail millet also exist. Zohary and Hopf note that the primary difference between th… See more

     
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