Millet
Millets are some of the oldest of cultivated crops. The term millet is applied to various grass crops whose seeds are harvested for food or feed. The five millet species of commercial importance are proso, foxtail, barnyard, browntop and pearl. In China, records of culture for foxtail and proso millet extend back to 2000 to 1000 BC Foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) probably originated in southern Asia and is the oldest of the cultivated millets. It is also known as Italian or German Millet. Its culture slowly spread westward towards Europe.
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El mijo africano es una hierba anual corta de hasta 1 m de altura, cultivada por sus granos pequeños que generalmente se muelen hasta obtener una harina para papilla. Más tolerante a la sequía que el maíz o el sorgo, el mijo africano también es más rico en proteínas, grasas y minerales que esos...
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El mijo menor (cola de zorra, moha,moha de Alemania, moha de la China, moha de Hungría, moha de Italia, panizo común, cola de zorra) es una gramínea anual, de hasta 1,5 m de altura, y uno de los cultivos de clima cálido más eficientes en términos de necesidad de agua (250-300 mm por cultivo), de...
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El mijo perla es una gramínea anual que crece hasta 4 m de altura y es más tolerante a la sequía que el maíz. La cabezuela de la semilla es compacta, cilíndrica y de hasta 30 cm de largo. Los granos se muelen en harina para la preparación de papillas, panes ázimos y productos fermentados. El mijo...
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El mijo común es una hierba anual, erecta, macolladora, que crece hasta 1 m de altura, que se cultiva por pequeñas semillas que se utilizan para consumo humano y alimentación del ganado. Fue uno de los primeros cereales cultivados en el mundo. Es bastante tolerante a la sequía y tiene una...
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20/11/2018 Grain sorghum(Sorghum bicolor)and pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)are both globally important warm-season,annual cereal grain crops.Small-scale farmers who grow these grains can belimited by access to fertilizers and human labor. Agricultural low input systems use few commercial inputs,...
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Pearl millet,Pennisetum glaucum, is an annual grass in the family Poaceae which is grown widely in Africa and India for its grain which can be used to make flour and other foodstuffs. Pearl millet is a very robust grass which tillers widely and grows in tufts. It has slender stems which are...
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View a how-to video for using natural enemies against the devastating millet head miner. Factsheet
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19/1/1996 The parasiticweed Striga hermonthica is a major problem in African millet fields. International Agricultural Development (Jan/Feb 1994) reports that dense intercropping of cowpea in millet stands can reduce Striga emergence.
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Pearl millet is one of the most drought resistant grains in commercial production. It is able to grow in areas that experience frequent periods of dry weather during either the vegetative or reproductive phases. Pearl millet appears to be more tolerant of sandy and acidic soils than other summer...
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20/9/2015 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of Bangladesh. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every country are very...
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Edible Portion: Shoots, Seeds, Cereal, Vegetable A millet grass. It is an annual grass. It is robust and forms many tillers or young shoots from the base. It grows 40-120 cm tall.The stems are somewhat flattened. The leaves are narrow. The flower heads are made up of 2-7 finger like spikes. These...
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20/1/2023 FAO. 2023. Millets recipe book - International Year of Millets 2023. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8019en Dietary patterns hold profound implications for our health and well-being and that of our planet. In this context, the exploration of nutritious grains becomes not only a culinary adventure...
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