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Foxtail millet (Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.) in Mazandaran/Northern Iran

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Foxtail millet, Setaria italica is still cultivated in Mazandaran (N-Iran). It is used for the preparation of local food and for feeding cage-birds. The cultivated race is convar. moharia, formerly widely grown from Europe to SW Asia. The newly found material allows conclusion with respect to evolution and distribution of this old crop.

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  1. Setaria italica subsp. moharia (Alef.) Scholz in Willdenowia 36 (2006) 663

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  1. University of Kassel, FB11, Steinstr. 19, Witzenhausen, 37213, Germany

    Karl Hammer

  2. Environmental Science Research Institute, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran

    Korous Khoshbakht

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Hammer, K., Khoshbakht, K. Foxtail millet (Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.) in Mazandaran/Northern Iran. Genet Resour Crop Evol 54, 907–911 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-007-9211-z

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