A case of poor-doing cattle in a feedlot in the prairie region of western Canada was investigated. Clinical examination revealed mild to severe chronic ulcerative stomatitis. Histopathological examination confirmed plant material embedded within the lesions. Yellow foxtail (Setaria lutescens) was grossly visible in clover silage fed to the cattle. This case highlights the need to consider plant...

Setaria viridis (green foxtail) is an important model plant for the study of C4 photosynthesis in panicoid grasses, and is fast emerging as a system of choice for the study of plant development, domestication, abiotic stress responses and evolution. Basic research findings in Setaria are expected to advance research not only in this species and its close relative S. italica (foxtail millet), bu...

Plant viruses have been widely used as vectors for foreign gene expression and virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS). A limited number of viruses have been developed into viral vectors for the purposes of gene expression or VIGS in monocotyledonous plants, and among these, the tripartite viruses Brome mosaic virus and Cucumber mosaic virus have been shown to induce VIGS in maize (Zea mays). We de...

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) perform significant roles in conferring abiotic stress tolerance to crop plants. In view of this, HSPs and their encoding genes were extensively characterized in several plant species; however, understanding their structure, organization, evolution and expression profiling in a naturally stress tolerant crop is necessary to delineate their precise roles in stress-resp...

Prolamin, the alcohol-soluble seed storage protein is major in many cereals. Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) contains prolamin (Setarin) as protein, which accounts > 50% of total protein. To in-silico characterize proteins foxtail millet, sequence coding for 14.3 kDa, 20.4 22 22.4 kDa and 26 were retrieved from NCBI database. Protein physio-chemical characterization was done through Protparam ...

Background: Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) is the second-most widely planted species of millet. It known for its health benefits. Laddu are ball-shaped sweets popular in Indian Subcontinent. Laddus made flour, ghee and sugar with other ingredients that vary by recipe. They often served at festive or religious occasions. Hence, an attempt was to develop foxtail based value added laddu. Methods...

The diploid C4 plant foxtail millet (Setaria italica L. Beauv.) is an important crop in many parts of Africa and Asia for the vast consumption of its grain and ability to grow in harsh environments, but remains understudied in terms of complete genomic architecture. To date, there have been only two genome assembly and annotation efforts with neither assembly reaching over 86% of the estimated ...

An extensive survey of the standing genetic variation in natural populations is among the priority steps in developing a species into a model system. In recent years, green foxtail (Setaria viridis), along with its domesticated form foxtail millet (S. italica), has rapidly become a promising new model system for C4 grasses and bioenergy crops, due to its rapid life cycle, large amount of seed p...

Plot-scale field studies were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of steam for the control of cropland weeds in comparison with common herbicides. Weed densities, biomass, or emergence after treatment were measured. Steam (3,200 kg/ha, energy dosage equivalent to 890 kJ/m2, speed of 0.8 m/s) and glyphosate (560 g ai/ha) gave similar control (. 90%) of seedling common lambsquarters and seedling r...

Biogeographical patterns within the California Floristic Province have been greatly affected by geological and climatic events. Here, we investigate the phylogeography of foxtail pine (Pinus balfouriana) in an effort to date its range disjunction using molecular data and to further our understanding of phylogeographical patterns for plants within the California Floristic Province. The distribut...