forty monoconidial isolates of magnaporthe grisea were examined, for an identification of vegetative compatibility group and a characterization of genetic diversity, using rep-pcr genomic fingerprinting. the isolates were collected from weeds digitaria sanguinalis (crabgrass), setaria italica (foxtail millet), echinochloa crus-galli (barnyard millet), and some other unknown ones during 2003 - 2...

The architecture of a plant affects its ability to compete for light and to respond to environmental stresses, thus affecting overall fitness and productivity. Two components of architecture, branching and height, were studied in 182 F7 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) at the vegetative, flowering and mature developmental stages in the panicoid C4 model grass system, Setaria. The RIL population ...

To ward off pathogens, plants establish innate immunity system in which salicylic acid (SA) plays an important role. The downy mildew of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) is oomycete disease caused by biotrophic pathogen Sclerospora graminicola, seriously affects the yield and quality millet. However, it not clear how SA regulating defense responses In this study, we found that spraying exogenou...

De-husking of foxtail millet is considered tedious work due to the small size millet. A study was performed determine de-husking parameters and also analyzing quality The soaked for 5h; then steamed 10 ± 1 min in a laboratory-scale parboiling unit drying at 50 0C 2 hours till moisture content reaches 12% (w.b). An increase length, breadth thickness observed from 2.66mm, 1.30mm 1.32mm 2.68mm, 1....