Domestication, cultivation and utilization of two small millets, Brachiaria ramosa and Setaria glauca (Poaceae), in South India

Economic Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-227

  Kimata, M ^a   Ashok, E G ^b   Seetharam, A ^b  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Brachiaria ramosa; Domestication; India; Millet; Mimic weed; Setaria glauca

Indexed keywords

BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA RAMOSA; PANICUM SUMATRENSE; PASPALUM SCROBICULATUM; POACEAE; SETARIA GLAUCA; UROCHLOA RAMOSA;

EID: 0033934059     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02907825     Document Type: Article

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