Scientific Name : Panicum miliaceum

Common Name : Cheena (Hindi), Barri (Hindi), Baragu (Kannada), Vari (Marati), Panivaragu (Tamil) Mawele (Swahili), Millet blanc (French)

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ICRISAT GeneBank conserves 849 proso millet germplasm accessions from various countries. Browse the list of accessions in ICRISAT GeneBank

Proso millet is domesticated in China and Europe and distributed in India, China, Japan, Russia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Mongolia, Romania, USA  [1, 2, 3, 4]  Proso millet is a relatively low demanding crop and diseases aren’t known. That’s why Proso millet is often used in organic farming systems in Europe and as an intercrop in USA [5]

For more details on proso 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. 

Proso Millet Without Husk

References:

[1] de Wet JMJ. Origin, evolution and systematics of minor cereals. In: Seetharam A, Riley KW, Harinarayana G, editors. Small millets in global agriculture. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.; 1986. p. 19–30.

[2] Hunt HV, Campana MG, Lawes MC, Park Y-J, Bower MA, Howe CJ, et al. Genetic diversity and phylogeography of broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) across Eurasia. Mol Ecol. 2011;20:4756–71.

[3] Hunt HV, Vander Linden M, Liu X, Motuzaite-Matuzeviciute G, Colledge S, Jones MK. Millets across Eurasia: chronology and context of early records of the genera Panicum and Setaria from archaeological sites in the Old World. Veg Hist Archaeobot. 2008;17:5–18.

[4] Lu H, Zhang J, Liu K, Wu N, Li Y, Zhou K, et al. Earliest domestication of common millet (Panicum miliaceum) in East Asia extended to 10,000 years ago. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A [Internet]. 2009;106:7367–72.

[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)