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A Green Foxtail (Setaria viridis) Cultivation Experiment in the Middle Yellow River Valley and Some

Asian Perspectives 41(1). Green foxtail, the progenitor of foxtail millet, was domesticated in the Yellow River Valley by 8000 B.P. However, the domestication process is not known. Hence a cultivation experiment was conducted in 1999 and 2000. [subscription required]

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