<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Cereal finger millet (<italic>Eleusine coracana</italic> (L.) Gaertn) is one of the most promising vital crops of Asia and Africa in the face of climate change. It has a capacity to adapt to extreme environmental conditions and can be grown under a wide range of wider agroecology. It is believed to be originated in the highlands of Ethiopia and then disseminated across the globe. It is mainly cultivated as dietary staple food for humans, animal feeds and also used as medicinal crop. Though finger millet is recognized as the most important staple crop, particularly for the poor people in dry and semidry areas, it has been neglected and given little concern in mainstreaming the crop for its improvement research.</p></abstract>

Cereal finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) is one of the most promising vital crops of Asia and Africa in the face of climate change. It has a capacity to adapt to extreme environmental conditions and can be grown under a wide range of wider agroecology. It is believed to be originated in the highlands of Ethiopia and then disseminated across the globe. It is mainly cultivated as dietary staple food for humans, animal feeds and also used as medicinal crop. Though finger millet is recognized as the most important staple crop, particularly for the poor people in dry and semidry areas, it has been neglected and given little concern in mainstreaming the crop for its improvement research.

Phenotypic characterization of Ethiopian finger millet accessions (<italic>Eleusine coracana</italic> (L.) Gaertn), for their agronomically important traits

Directorate of Crop and Horticulture, Characterization Case Team

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Agriculture and Environment

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Phenotypic characterization of Ethiopian finger millet accessions ( (L.) Gaertn), for their agronomically important traits

Cereal finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) is one of the most promising vital crops of Asia and Africa in the face of climate change. It has a...

Phenotypic characterization of Ethiopian finger millet accessions (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn), for their agronomically important traits

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 107 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausae-2017-0010

Keywords
blast diseases, agroecology

© 2017 Kassahun Tesfaye et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Phenotypic characterization of Ethiopian finger millet accessions (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn), for their agronomically important traits

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 107 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausae-2017-0010

Keywordsblast diseases, agroecology

© 2017 Kassahun Tesfaye et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
blast diseases, agroecology