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...

GPUF 3, a new foxtail millet variety was developed at the Project Coordinating unit, ICAR- AICRP on Small Millets, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru for cultivation in zone 5 and 6 Karnataka state.  It has been evolved through pureline selection from germplasm IC 479864. This matures 85-90 days. semi compact oblong shaped inflorescence. The grains are oval shape yellow c...

This study was conducted to compare Zest (nicosulfuron) herbicide at two rates and application timings for efficacy in grain sorghum. Palmer amaranth control best when a preemergence (PRE) followed by late postemergence (LPOST) treatment. 0.67 or 1.33 oz/a provided the velvetleaf shattercane control. Either rate of applied early (EPOST) controlled green foxtail more than 90%, but higher require...

The objective of the study was to assess the antioxidant potential of defatted foxtail millet protein hydrolysates (DFMPH). Gel filtration (Sephadex G-25) chromatography was used to fractionate DFMPH. The amino acid composition, ABTS, DPPH, inhibition of linoleic acid autoxidation, metal-chelating free radical scavenging ability, and reducing power were tested to determine their antioxidant pot...

Center for Plant Biology and MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China (N.L., K.X., Q.J., J.Z., T.C., X.W., H.L., Y.L.); Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China (X.D.); Research Centre for Plant RNA Signaling, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University,...

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 ...

The effect of photoperiod (day:night ratio) on flowering time was investigated in the wild species, Setaria viridis, and in a set of recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from a cross between foxtail millet (S. italica) and its wild ancestor green foxtail (S. viridis). Photoperiods totaled 24 h, with three trials of 8:16, 12:12 and 16:8 light:dark hour regimes for the RIL population, and thes...