Original Article from 2News by Paul Nelson Researchers with the University of Nevada’s College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources say sorghum holds the answers to the production of drought-resistant crops. The crop originated in Africa, so they...
Millet boomed in the 1940s when the Tumut community started growing the crop commercially. “There was probably about 1,000 tonnes of broom millet grown in this district, from Blowering Dam through to Gundagai on either side of the Tumut River,” Mr Wortes...
Sorghum yield losses caused by birds have been reported to reach as high as 52 percent.By conducting a genome-wide association study, the researchers discovered that the gene Tannin1 directly regulates bird feeding behavior. The sorghum strains that are not appealing...
Ruparao T. Gahukar, Ph.D., of Arag Biotech in Maharashtra, India, Gadi V.P. Reddy, Ph.D., of Montana State University, published a profile of millet insect pests in the open-access Journal of Integrated Pest Management because they saw a need for information on a...
Zambia’s vice-president has called for a radical change in the eating habits of the nation, saying people should ditch the staple, maize meal, for more nutritious foods – a proposal akin to telling Italians to stop eating pasta. Zambian Vice-President...
