Scientific Name : Echinochloa frumantacea

Common Name : Sanwa (Hindi), oodalu (Kannada), Kavadapullu (Malayalam), Kuthiravali (Tamil), Udalu (Telugu), Kira (Oriya).

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ICRISAT GeneBank conserves 749 Barnyard millet germplasm accessions from various countries. Browse the list of accessions in ICRISAT GeneBank

Barnyard Millet is a multipurpose crop cultivated for both Food and Fodder. There are two varieties of barnyard millet – Japanese variety cultivated in Japan and Korea while the Indian variety is cultivated only in India [1]. This millet is rich in protein (> 10%);  crude fibre (6.7–13.6%) and  in iron (9.3–18.6 mg per 100 g) [2,3].  In India, barnyard millet is grown on 0.146 m ha with a production of 0.151 m t  [4] This millet is most effective in reducing blood glucose and lipid levels and hence, recommended for the patients with cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus [5]

For more details on barnyard millet germplasm resources, genomic resources, refer the publication : Genetic and genomic resources, and breeding for accelerating improvement of small millets: current status and future interventions. Nucleus (2020) by Vetriventhan, M., Azevedo, V.C.R., Upadhyaya, H.D. et al. 

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References:

[1] de Wet JMJ, Rao KEP, Mengesha MH, Brink DE. Domestication of Sawa Millet (Echinochloa colona). Econ Bot. 1983;37:283–91.

[2] Brink M, Plant Belay G. Resources of tropical Africa 1 cereals and pulses. Wageningen: PROTA Foundation/Backhuys Publishers/CYA; 2006.

[3] Saleh ASM, Zhang Q, Chen J, Shen Q. Millet grains: nutritional quality, processing, and potential health benefits. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf. 2013;12:281–95.

[4] Bhat BV, Tonapi VA, Rao BD, Singode A, Santra D. Production and utilization of millets in India. In: Santra DK, Johnson JJ, editors. International millet symposium on 3rd international symposium on broomcorn millet (3rd ISBM). 2018. p. 24–6.

[5] Nutritional and Health benefits of Millets by Dayakar Rao B., Bhaskarachary K., Arlene Christina G.D.,
Sudha Devi G., Vilas, A. Tonapi, 2017, ICAR_Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR)

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