to study yield and its relationships with yield components in 10 varieties of foxtail millet (kfm1 to kfm10), an experiment was carried out in safiabad agricultural research center in rcbd design with three replications for a period of three years (2003 to 2005). vegetative and reproductive characteristics of each cultivar were recordered during the growing seasons. three year results showed si...

T wo grains, common (proso or broomcorn) millet (Panicum miliaceum) (Fig. 1) and foxtail millet (Setaria italica), were fundamental to the development of agricultural societies that eventually evolved into the first urban societies of China between 4500 and 3800 calibrated years (cal.) B.P. (1). Today, these grains are important mainly in parts of Russia, South Asia, and East Asia. How, when, a...

Summer weeds are an expensive economic and environmental problem during the fallow period following harvest of a wheat crop. Anecdotal evidence suggests that different varieties impact need for weed control in subsequent differently, with reasons ranging from residue amount quality to allelopathic potential such residue. Thus, our objectives were compare effects winter on crop germination suppr...