Abstract Although the Xinzhai period (1850–1750 cal bce ) has been widely regarded as a critical time for development of urbanization in China, little is known about labour and social organization time. In this paper, archaeobotanical assemblages have used to explore evidence crop processing they provided further insights into society at site on Central Plain China. This first case study linkin...

The middle and lower Huai River Valley, located between the Yangtze Yellow Rivers, was a key transitional zone for northward spread of rice southward migration millet agriculture in central-eastern China during Holocene. Knowing when millets here, how they were combined with mixed farming, reasons their spread, temporal variation cropping patterns is crucial significance to development our unde...

Globally, land alkalinization affecting agricultural development. Considering the increasingly serious effects of alkaline stress on agriculture and environment, phytoremediation may be an efficient way to addressed alkalinization. Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is a saline-alkaline-tolerant crop bioenergy crop. However, molecular mechanism response broomcorn remains large gap. To expl...

Panicum miliaceum (broomcorn millet) is a tetraploid cereal, which was among the first domesticated crops, but is now a minor crop despite its high water use efficiency. The ancestors of this species have not been determined; we aimed to identify likely candidates within the genus, where phylogenies are poorly resolved. Nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences from P. miliaceum and a range of dipl...

This paper presents new archaeobotanical data from the Lower Cerovačka Cave located in Dalmatia, Croatia. At site a high density of carbonized plant remains was recovered, indicating remnants burnt crop store dating to Late Bronze Age. Overall, assemblage is dominated by lentil (Lens culinaris) and free-threshing wheat (Triticum aestivum/durum), lesser extent, emmer dicoccum), einkorn monococcu...

Abstract. Millet agriculture, i.e., broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) and foxtail (Setaria italica), initially originated in northern China provided the basis for emergence of first state Central Plains. However, owing to lack a comprehensive archaeobotanical dataset, when, where, how these two types evolved across different regions periods remains unclear. Here, we presented dataset macrore...

Waxy varieties of the tetraploid cereal broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) have endosperm starch granules lacking detectable amylose. This study investigated the basis of this phenotype using molecular and biochemical methods. Iodine staining of starch granules in 72 plants from 38 landrace accessions found 58 nonwaxy and 14 waxy phenotype plants. All waxy types were in plants from Chinese...