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Master Cereal Crop Production – Notes, Case Studies & Practical Insights – with Rahul

Morphology

  • Root system : Fibrous root system
  • Shoot system : Stem/ culm , leaf , Spikelet , spikeless head , grain.

 

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Culm :

  • Culm are compressed and green in color.
  • Internode are hollow or solid.
  • Nodes are glabrous.

Uses of Finger millet - Smart Food

Leaf :

  • Leaf sheath curve prominently flattened.
  • Leaf blade are linear , narrow , flat or folder without cross venation.

Eleusine Coracana or Finger Millet Plants. Stock Image - Image of  agriculture, undefined: 353751181

Shoot system :

A) Inflorescence :

  • Its inflorescence is called ear head.
  • Spike ear head consists of group of digitally arranged spikes called fingers in a terminal umblet form.
  • Spikelets are strongly compressed laterally curved into z overlapping rows on the other sides of spikes .each spikelet has 4-6 florets.
  • Florets consists of 2 glumes , 1 lemma , 1 pialea, 2 lodicules , 3 stamens and 1 pistil.
  • Grain : caryopsis , globular in shape

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