Organisms

Setaria Plant

A plant genus of the family POACEAE. The small pointed seeds are grown for hay in North America and western Europe and important as food in China and other Asian countries.

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Abstract

A plant genus of the family POACEAE. The small pointed seeds are grown for hay in North America and western Europe and important as food in China and other Asian countries.

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Synonyms

19 entry terms
  • Bristlegrass
  • Millet, Foxtail
  • Bristlegrasses
  • Foxtail Millet
  • Foxtail Millets
  • Millets, Foxtail
  • Plant, Setaria
  • Plants, Setaria
  • Setaria Plants
  • Chaetochloa italica
  • Italian Millet
  • Millet, German
  • Millet, Italian
  • Setaria italica
  • Chaetochloa italicas
  • German Millet
  • Setaria italicas
  • italica, Chaetochloa
  • italica, Setaria

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20 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, toxicity, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

note X refs: other millet terms are also available

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History Note

2003; for ITALIAN MILLET use PANICUM 1990-2002

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Previous Indexing

  • Panicum (1990-2002)

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  1. B01w.875w.800w.575w.912w.250w.822w.871w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Setaria Plant. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D032983. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D032983
  2. Setaria Plant. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setaria
  3. Setaria Plant. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157389