*T. C. Caesar-TonThat and V.L. Cochran, USDA-ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory, 1500 North Central, Sidney, MT 59270 *Corresponding author: [email protected]. ABSTRACT Loss of water stable aggregates due to excessive tillage has increased the potential for soil erosion in semiarid farming-systems. Fungi can be responsible for the resistance of soil aggregates to brea...

Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. subsp. coracana) is the most important in eastern Africa and perhaps oldest domesticated cereal grain Africa. One of major factors limiting finger production blast disease caused by fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Crop wild relatives landraces present a potential source novel genes. This study investigated response cultivated to an isolate from western K...

The nationally identified variety ‘CFMV 2/ Gira’ which is uniform maturing and developed through selection from local germplasm collected the Dangs district of Gujarat. A finger millet biofortified was tested as a culture ‘WN 559’ at State level ‘FMV 1118’ National level. It under different state trials Waghai, Varanasi Dahod centers in Gujarat 2014 to 2020. WN-559 (3551 kg/ha) performed well w...

A pasteurized, non-composted substrate (basal mixture) consisting of oak sawdust (28%), millet (29%), rye (8%), peat (8%), alfalfa meal (4%), soybean flour (4%), wheat bran (9%), and CaCO3 (10%) was adapted from shiitake culture to produce the common cultivated mushroom (brown; portabello), Agaricus bisporus. Percentage biological efficiency (ratio of fresh mushroom harvested/oven-dry substrate...

The Box-Wilson central composite design (CCD) based on response surface methodology (RSM) was used for ethanol fermentation using very high gravity (VHG) finger millet hydrolysate. Optimized process variables were namely, concentrations of yeast extract, magnesium sulphate and pH of the medium. High gravity mashes (>300 g dissolved solids per liter) were prepared by a thermo-stable α-amylase, f...

Finger millet is an important cereal crop in Africa, where it plays role nutrition and food security. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect germination period on physicochemical properties elite finger varieties. Axum, Meba, Tadesse Tessema varieties were soaked for 24 h germinated 24, 48 72 at room temperature (23.2 ± 2.6°C) relative humidity (37.91 8.17%), before being oven-dr...

Iron biofortification of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) is a promising approach to combat iron deficiency (ID) in the millet-consuming communities of developing countries. To evaluate the potential of iron-biofortified millet to provide additional bioavailable iron compared with regular millet and post-harvest iron-fortified millet, an iron absorption study was conducted in 20 Beninese women...