In a recent posting about browntop millet, I noted a mention of that
millet's apparent shade tolerance.* This trait is not something I've seen
discussed for any grain before - and my assumption was that one always grew
grains in full sunlight.
Well, I have since come across this study of shade tolerance in foxtail
millet, where it is grown in an agroforestry system with Chinese chestnut:
Liu Dan, Cui Yanjiao, Zhao Zilong, Zhang Jing, Li Suying and Liu Zhengli.
2022. "Transcriptome analysis and mining of genes related to shade
tolerance in foxtail millet (Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.)." Royal
Society Open Science. 9:220953 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220953
Is this a trait that appears in millets other than browntop and foxtail?
Don Osborn, PhD
(East Lansing, MI, US)
North American Millets Alliance
Note:
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https://lists.millets2023.space/pipermail/collab/2024-September/000648.html
