Foxtail millet,
Setaria italica is still cultivated in Mazandaran (N-Iran). It is used for the preparation of local food and for feeding cage-birds. The
cultivated race is convar.
moharia, formerly widely grown from Europe to SW Asia. The newly found material allows conclusion with respect to evolution and distribution
of this old crop.
Keywords Foxtail millet - Iran -
Setaria italica
- Underutilized crops