Lata R. Kulkarni ¹, Rama K. Naik ¹, H. S. Surendra ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Foods and Nutrition, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad-5, IN

Abstract

Italian millet (Setaria italica) or foxtail millet is one of the important small grain millets grown in Karnataka state. It occupies an area of 2 6 lakh hectares in the state with a production of 0 66 lakh tonnes annually. The important districts which grows Italian millet are Bellary, Raichur, Dharwad, Belgum and Chitradurga. It is mostly grown as a dry land crop in marginal lands.

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