The field experiment was conducted during Zaid season 2022 at the experimental of Crop Research Farm, Department Agronomy, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj Uttar Pradesh, India. soil plot sandy loam in texture, nearly neutral reaction (pH 7.3), low organic carbon (0.48%), available nitrogen (230 kg/ha), phosphorus (13.60 k...

Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) and Common millet (Panicum miliaceum) are the oldest domesticated dry farming crops in Eurasia. Identifying these two millets in the archaeobotanical remains are still problematic, especially because the millet grains preserve only when charred. Phytoliths analysis provides a viable method for identifying this important crop. However, to date, the identification...

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...

Abstract Two millets, Panicum miliaceum and Setaria italica , were domesticated in northern China, around 6000 BC. Although its oldest evidence is Asia, possible independent domestication of these species the Caucasus has often been proposed. To verify this hypothesis, a multiproxy research program (Orimil) was designed to detect first millet region. It included critical review occurrence archa...