Review and outlook of weed management in millets

Mahapatra, Ashirbachan; Kalasare, Rajesh Shriram; Palai, Jnana Bharati; Duary, Swarnali; Sahu, Chandrasekhar; Rout, Dwity Sundar

doi:10.7324/jabb.2023.118222

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“…Weed flora in millets: Several species of grasses, broad-leaved weeds and sedges were found in association with millets. As per Dubey et al [8], Mahapatra et al [31], Lekhana et al [17], Rao [32], Chapke et al [28], Vinothini and Arthanari [20], Mishra et al [33], Mishra [10], Atera et al [34], Parker [35] Parasitic weed: Striga asiatica (Witch weed) is a root hemi parasitic plant which may reduce millet yield from 75 per cent yield loss to complete crop failure (Walia,[36]).…”

Section: Critical Period Of Crop Weed Competitionmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…While organic manures like FYM and vermi-compost are valuable sources of crop nutrition, it's crucial to acknowledge their drawback of potentially carrying weed seeds, thereby escalating weed infestation and introducing new weed species to cultivated fields. Maintenance of farm hygiene is must that prevents every year production of seeds, tubers, and rhizomes of already present weed species on the farm (Mahapatra et al [31], Singh and Singh [40]).…”

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Integrated Weed Management in Minor Millets: A Review

Dhaka,

Anisha,

Dinesh

et al. 2023

IJPSS

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Presently, agriculture is facing tremendous problem due to climate change and global warming. To ensure food and nutritional security at national level, there is an immediate need to promote the cultivation of millets as millets are considered climate smart and nature friendly crops because of high nutritive value and can withstand under warm and drought conditions with short life, low external inputs requirement, tolerance to water and temperatures stress. Ten millet crops have been declared as ‘Nutri Cereals’ which include three major millets i.e., pearl millet, sorghum and finger millet; five minor millets i.e. foxtail millet, proso millet, kodo millet, barnyard millet, little millet; and two pseudo millets i.e. kuttu (buckwheat) and amaranthus. Due to sluggish growth in initial phases of life, millets proved relatively poor competitors against weeds. Manual weeding is the most commonly adopted for weed control in millets. But the non-availability of labour and ever-increasing labour wages have compelled the farmers to seek alternate method of weed management. Herbicide use is the most viable method of weed control but their continuous and excessive use is not advisable due to its ill effects on environment and development of herbicide resistance in weeds. Very limited options are available in literature for weed control in minor millets. Thus, integrated weed management practices should be followed on site and time specific basis for effective and efficient weed management in minor millets. For integrated weed management in minor millets, 2-3 times inter-cultivation and 1-2 time hand weeding during initial 25 days after sowing in addition to pre-emergence spray with Isoproturon @ 0.5 -1.0 kg a.i./ha and post emergence spray of 2, 4-D sodium salt @ 0.75-1.0 kg a.i./ha at 20-25 days after sowing should be done for effective weed control.

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Section: Critical Period Of Crop Weed Competitionmentioning

confidence: 86%

Section: (A) Preventive Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrated Weed Management in Minor Millets: A Review

Dhaka,

Anisha,

Dinesh

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Industrial interests and requirements for improvement of pearl millet, a gluten-free and climate-smart underutilized cereal

Riahi,

Ben-Romdhane,

Masmoudi

2024

J Plant Biotechnol

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Pearl millet is a small-seeded staple crop in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia. It is the crop of choice in the hottest and driest climates where other cereals do not grow well and is considered a future climate-smart cereal. This underutilized cereal provides nutritional and food security to millions of people. It is also used as animal feed, fuel, and fodder as well as in brewing. The gluten-free grains of this cereal are rich sources of fats, proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, especially iron and zinc, and phenolics with health-promoting properties. Pearl millet also has industrial uses in the production of bioenergy, biodegradable products, bio-coagulants, and construction materials, and in tissue engineering. Pearl millet hybrids have gained considerable popularity among Indian farmers, resulting in a significant increase in production yields. However, pearl millet production in Africa is primarily dependent on traditional landraces with limited acceptance of improved open-pollinated varieties and hybrids. Consequently, no significant increase in pearl millet production has been achieved over the past few decades. Despite its inherent resilience against poor climates, this staple crop faces a complex array of abiotic and biotic stresses in its production areas, which is exacerbated by ongoing climate change. Furthermore, certain anti-nutritional traits impede its overall nutritional value and effective utilization. Hence, improving pearl millet is a continuous and significant challenge for plant breeders and biotechnologists.

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Review and outlook of weed management in millets

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Integrated Weed Management in Minor Millets: A Review

Integrated Weed Management in Minor Millets: A Review

Industrial interests and requirements for improvement of pearl millet, a gluten-free and climate-smart underutilized cereal

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