Domestication, cultivation and utilization of two small millets, brachiaria ramosa and Setaria glauca (Poaceae), in South India
Domestication, cultivation and utilization of two small millets, brachiaria ramosa and Setaria glauca (Poaceae), in South India
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印度南部两种小谷子——Brachiaria ramosa 和 Setaria glauca（禾本科）的驯化、种植和利用
DOI：
10.1007/bf02907825
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发表时间：
2000
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影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
A. Seetharam
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作者：
M. Klmata;E. G. Ashok;A. Seetharam
Brachiaria ramosa 是在纯林中种植的。在印度南部，其谷物至少用于制备九种传统食品。狗尾草 (Setaria glauca) 与小小米 (Panicum sumatrense) 混合种植。在奥里萨邦和印度南部，谷物被用来制作至少六种传统食品作为补充成分。这些杂草形式被发现与旱稻和一些小米一起生长在不同的农业生态位中，并被当地农民以各种乡土名称来识别。进行探索是为了收集有关这些小粮食作物的进化趋势、驯化和民族植物学的信息。这些发现证实了驯化过程可能经历了三个不同阶段的信念：（i）与旱稻和一些小米相关的拟态杂草； (ii) 与少量小米或科多小米混合的次要作物； (iii) 作为独立作物。此外，这一过程已被作为适应干旱气候的一种手段而得到推广，进而与农业基础设施的多样化相关。
Brachiaria ramosa is cultivated in pure stands. Its grains are used in preparing at least nine traditional foods in South India. Setaria glauca is cultivated in mixed stands along with little millet (Panicum sumatrense). In Orissa state and in Southern India the grains are used to make at least six traditional foods as a supplementary ingredient. The weedy forms of these were found growing with upland rice and some millets in diverse agro-ecological niches, and are identified by various vernacular names by local farmers. Explorations were conducted to gather information on the evolutionary trends, domestication and ethnobotany of these minor food crops. These findings substantiate the belief that domestication process may have passed through three distinct phases: (i) an associated mimic weed with upland rice and some millets; (ii) a secondary crop mixed with little millet or kodo millet; and (iii) as an independent crop. Also, this process has been promoted as a means of imparting adaptation to an arid climate and in turn related to the diversification of the agriculture basic complex.