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A Comparison of the Biology of Wild and Cultivated Proso Millet (Panicum miliaceum)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Judith L. Carpenter  and
Herbert J. Hopen
Judith L. Carpenter
Affiliation:
Dep. Hort., Univ. Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
Herbert J. Hopen
Affiliation:
Dep. Hort., Univ. Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
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Abstract

Wild and cultivated proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L. ♯ PANMI) showed increased height and dry mass with increasing photoperiod and flowered under all photoperiods. Increasing planting density decreased height and dry mass and slowed seedhead development in both types. Shading increased plant height and decreased dry mass of both millets and increased germination compared to unshaded treatments. Planting date did not affect germination of freshly collected seed of either millet. Wild proso millet seed had a low germination rate until 8 weeks after panicle emergence, and the rate increased to 22% after 10 weeks. Germination of cultivated proso millet seed was low for 5 weeks after panicle emergence and increased to 92% after 10 weeks.

Keywords

Photoperiodcompetitionlight intensityseed maturationPANMI
Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , November 1985 , pp. 795 - 799
Copyright
Copyright © 1985 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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