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...

Abstract Archaeobotanical investigations at the Roman town of Aelia Mursa, located near Danube frontier in modern day Croatia, have revealed an extraordinary assemblage food remains from a series pits dated to early 2nd century ad . The site yielded wide array economically important remains, including staples such as Hordeum (barley), Panicum miliaceum (broomcorn millet), Triticum aestivum (bre...

Agriculture based on broomcorn and foxtail millet has been identified as one of the main drivers population expansion and/or resource innovation transfer across Neolithic Bronze Age Eurasia. However, accurate reconstruction spatio-temporal patterns spread within outside China remains a challenging issue. Here we use representative set 27 millet-based radiocarbon (14C) dates from southern Primor...

The interaction between millet and European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), was investigated to gain insight into whether millet could serve as a refuge or trap crop for O. nubilalis management. In 1995, 1996, and 1999, millet selection studies were conducted in North Dakota and New York with four millet species. Proso millet, Panicum milliaceum L., had the highest infestation and wide...

A two-year experiment was conducted to determine the optimal combinations of sowing date and variety maturity using four broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) varieties. The results showed that dates had significant effects on leaf net photosynthesis (Pn) chlorophyll fluorescence multivariate analysis variety, date, measuring stage their interactions were in both sites. days from seeding stro...