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 |
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.