• Broomcorn millet was grown under controlled condition. H/D fractionation during seeds n -alkanes and miliacin synthesis examined. Leaf water δ 2 H value is the primary driver of lipid values. Relative humidity could explain subtle differences in ε bio between -alkanes. Compound specific hydrogen isotopic analyses have potential to reveal biosynthetic pathways biomarkers reconstruct effects st...

Broomcorn millet Huangjiu brewing is usually divided into primary fermentation and post-fermentation. Microbial succession the major factor influencing development of typical flavor. Here, we report changes in flavor substances microbial community during broomcorn Huangjiu. Results indicated that a total 161 volatile compounds were measured fermentation, estragole was detected for first time A ...

This paper outlines a very longue durée history of three North China's most important cereal crops: broomcorn millet, foxtail and wheat. It illustrates their place within broader social-environmental formations, highlighting the various biological cultural factors that enabled spread these crops, as well ways in which crops patterns they are grown influenced economic social history. We demonstr...

The Zang-Yi Corridor is of pivotal significance for the interactions between northwest China, southwest and mainland Southeast Asia. It has been hypothesized that formation mixed farming in this region its surrounding areas was based on multiple waves crop dispersal, with foxtail millet broomcorn arriving first from China around 5,300 cal. BP rice middle Yangtze valley after 4,700 BP. Based sys...

Abstract Broomcorn millet ( Panicum miliaceum L.) was first domesticated in China and dispersed westward via Central Asia the 3rd millennium BC, reaching Europe 2nd BC. North of Black Sea, Pontic steppe forest-steppe areas are key regions for understanding dispersal millet, as evidenced by earliest direct radiocarbon dates on European grains, which we present here. Examining various lines evide...