Scientific Name	Setaria italica
Common Name	Chaetochloa italica; Panicum italicum; Setaria viridis subsp. italica;
Taxonomy ID	4555
Lineage	cellular organisms > Viridiplantae > Streptophyta > Streptophytina > Embryophyta > Tracheophyta > Euphyllophyta > Spermatophyta > Magnoliophyta > Mesangiospermae > Liliopsida > Petrosaviidae > commelinids > Poales > Poaceae > PACMAD clade > Panicoideae > Panicodae > Paniceae > Cenchrinae > Setaria
External Links	NCBI;
Representative Assembly	ASM165260v1	GCA_001652605.1	DNA

Description:

Setaria italica is an important food crop in India, China and Japan. It is also grown in Australia, North Africa and South America for hay and silage. Comparative genomics of foxtail millet with other Poaceae allows understanding of traits in the other domesticated crops.