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Evaluation of Grain/Seed Yield and Yield Components of Finger Millet and Three Vetch Species Intercropped at Various Seeding Ratios at Bako, Ethiopia

Advances in Agriculture, 2022
Production of finger millet and vetch species in Ethiopia targets mostly on sole cropping system without considering the relative performance of varieties of varying seeding ratios under finger millet/vetch intercropping.
Wakgari Keba, Taye Tolemariam, Abdo Mohammed   +2 more
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Evaluation of millets for physio-chemical and root morphological traits suitable for resilient farming and nutritional security in Eastern Himalayas

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023
IntroductionMillets are nutritionally superior and climate-resilient short-duration crops and hold a prominent place in cropping sequences around the world.
Jayanta Layek, Krishnappa Rangappa, Anup Das, Anup Das, Meraj A. Ansari, Meraj A. Ansari, Sunita Choudhary, Namrata Rajbonshi, Sandip Patra, Amit Kumar, Vinay K. Mishra, Natesan Ravisankar, Sunil Kumar, Samarendra Hazarika, Sudip K. Dutta, Subhash Babu, M. Tahasildar, Nivedita Shettigar   +17 more
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Finger Millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn]: An Orphan Crop With a Potential to Alleviate the Calcium Deficiency in the Semi-arid Tropics of Asia and Africa

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
Finger millet plays a vital role in the food and nutritional security of many people in developing countries particularly in Asia and Africa. It is a staple food for poor people in many regions of Asian (India, China, Nepal, and Sri Lanka etc.) and ...
Theivanayagam Maharajan, Stanislaus Antony Ceasar, Thumadath Palayullaparambil Ajeesh Krishna, Savrimuthu Ignacimuthu   +3 more
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Antidiabetic and Hypolipidaemic Action of Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana)-Enriched Probiotic Fermented Milk: An in vivo Rat Study

Food Technology and Biotechnology, 2020
Research background. Diabetes is a chronic multi-system disease having long term consequences to the health of people suffering from it. This study investigates the role of finger millet (Eleusine coracana)-enriched probiotic fermented milk in ...
Jinal Kesharbhai Chaudhary, Sreeja Mudgal   +1 more
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Straw dry matter yield and quality of finger millet intercropped with selected vetch species at different seeding ratios in western Oromia, Ethiopia

Heliyon, 2022
This study was conducted to evaluate the straw dry matter yield and quality of finger millet intercropped with three species of vetch (Vicia sativa, Vicia villosa and Vicia atropurpurea) at different seeding ratios in western Oromia, Ethiopia.
Wakgari Keba, Taye Tolemariam, Abdo Mohammed   +2 more
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The Economic Reality of Underutilised Crops for Climate Resilience, Food Security and Nutrition: Assessing Finger Millet Productivity in India [PDF]

, 2018
In spite of the considerable potential contribution of neglected and underutilised crops to climate resilience, food security and nutrition; widespread adoption of these crops remains a challenge.
Ganesh, K. B., Grovermann, C., Moakes, S., Quiédeville, S., Sakamma, S., Umesh, K. B.   +5 more
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Manurial value of byproducts of bio-diesel feed stocks on finger millet grain and dry fodder productivity [PDF]

, 2009
A replicated field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station (ARS), Madenur located in Hassan District, Karnataka in rainy season during 2007 to assess the manurial value of by-products of bio-diesel feed stocks-pongamia and neem oil seed
Gowda, Balakrishna, Raghu, H.B., Ramesh, S., Shivakumar, B. C.   +3 more
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Relationship between tannin levels and in vitro protein digestibility in finger millet (Eleusine coracana Gaertn.) [PDF]

, 1977
Determination of the total phenol and tannin levels of finger millet varieties indicated wide variations in phenolic contents. White-grain varieties had lower phenolic content than the brown-grain varieties.
Ramachandran, G., Shadaksharaswamy, M., Virupaksha, T.K.   +2 more
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A Review of Recent Advances and Future Directions in the Management of Salinity Stress in Finger Millet

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Salinity stress is a major environmental impediment affecting the growth and production of crops. Finger millet is an important cereal grown in many arid and semi-arid areas of the world characterized by erratic rainfall and scarcity of good-quality ...
Wilton Mbinda, Wilton Mbinda, Asunta Mukami   +2 more
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Moisture, carbohydrate, protein, fat, calcium, and zinc content in finger, foxtail, pearl, and proso millets

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU, 2019
BACKGROUND: Millets are a group of variable small seeded grass, widely grown around the world as cereals crop. The finger millet had more moisture and calcium content. Whereas, fat content was least when compared to three other different millets. Foxtail
K N Shankaramurthy, Manjunath S Somannavar   +1 more
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