Nutritional Components in Foxtail Millets Korea Kangni

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Foxtail millet (Korea Kangni) is an annual grass grown for human food. It is the second-most widely planted species of millet, and the most important in East Asia. It has the longest history of cultivation among the millets, having been grown in India since antiquity. According to recent research, it was first domesticated in China around 6,000 BC.

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English : Italian Millet / Foxtail Millet
Bengali : Kaon
Gujarati : Kaon
Hindi : Kakum
Kannada : Navane
Marathi : Kang, Rala
Oriya : Kanghu, Kangam, Kora
Punjabi : Kangni
Tamil : Tenai
Telugu : Korra

Introduction
  • Foxtail millet belongs to family Poaceae and subfamily Panicoideae
  • A self-pollinating crop with chromosome number 2n=18
  •  Domesticated in highlands of central China, possibly about 4000 BC
  • Cultivated in 26 countries, and ranks second in total world production of millets
  • Produces six million tons of food mainly in southern Europe and in temperate, subtropical, and tropical Asia (Marathee 1993)
  • An important crop in China, India, CIS countries, and Syria
  • Possesses high nutrient quality.
Nutritional value of foxtail millet grain (100 g-1)
  • Protein content: 10% to 12% 
  • Energy: 351 kcal
  • Lysine content: 2.29% to 2.7%
  • Thiamin: 0. 59 (mg)
  • Fat content: 4% to 5%.
Nutritional Components in Foxtail Millets Korea Kangni
Nutritional Components in Foxtail Millets Korea Kangni

Classification of foxtail millet germplasm

Two Setaria species are known:

1. S. glauca and S. italica (Sub sp: viridis and italica)

2. S. italica consists of three races: Moharia, Maxima and Indica; and ten subraces: Aristata, Fusiformis, Glabra, Compacta, Spongiosa, Assamense, Erecta, Nana, Glabra and Profusa.




Nutritional Benefits Of Millets (For 100g Of Each Millet):


Protein (g)  Fiber (g)  Minerals (g)  Iron (mg)  Calcium (mg) 
Sorghum 
10
4
1.6
2.6
54
Pearl millet  
10.6
1.3
2.3
16.9
38
Finger millet  
7.3
3.6
2.7
3.9
344
Foxtail millet 
12.3
8
3.3
2.8
31
Proso millet 
12.5
2.2
1.9
0.8
14
Kodo millet 
8.3
9
2.6
0.5
27
Little millet 
7.7
7.6
1.5
9.3
17
Barnyard millet 
11.2
10.1
4.4
15.2
11
Teff 
13
8
0.85
7.6
180
Fonio 
11
11.3
5.31
84.8
18
Brown top millet
11.5
12.5
4.2
0.65
0.01


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