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Agriculture · Q443

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 443

Q443

Which one of the following food grains is most coarse

A.
Panicum miliaceum
B.
Echinochloa frumentacea
C.
Setaria italica
D.
Paspalum scrobiculatum
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
Paspalum scrobiculatum, commonly called Kodo millet, is an annual grain that is grown primarily in Nepal. Millets fall in the category of coarse millet, hence it is also a very hard and coarse crop that is drought tolerant and can survive on marginal soils also. Kodo millet has a large potential to provide nourishing food to subsistence farmers.