Pennisetum glaucum is a ANNUAL growing to 3 m . It is in flower from September to October, and the seeds ripen from September to October. The species is hermaphrodite and is pollinated by Wind.
Suitable for: light and medium soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.
Requires a light well-drained soil in a sunny position. Succeeds in dry infertile soils. This species is the most drought-resistant of all cereal crops. Cultivated for its edible seed in tropical and sub-tropical areas, it is especially suited to regions with a short growing season. It is a more problematical crop in Britain, requiring a hot summer if it is to ripen a good crop of seed. There are often not many seeds on the inflorescence.
HabitatsRiver banks in sandy soilsHabitatscommon as a weed.
HabitatsCultivated Beds
HabitatsCultivated Beds
Resources
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9-5 FONIO African Organic Agriculture Training Manual A Resource Manual for Trainers Draft Version 2.0 March 2013 Ready for fi eld testing African Organic Agriculture Training Manual CONTENTS 1.
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9-5 FONIO African Organic Agriculture Training Manual A Resource Manual for Trainers Draft Version 2.0 March 2013 Ready for fi eld testing African Organic Agriculture Training Manual CONTENTS 1.
Organic Africahttps://www.organic-africa.net/fileadmin/documents-africamanual/training-manual…26. Production and postharvest activities for fonio
9-5 FONIO African Organic Agriculture Training Manual A Resource Manual for Trainers Draft Version 2.0 March 2013 Ready for fi eld testing African Organic Agriculture Training Manual CONTENTS 1.
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2012 Sorghum Silage Variety Trial at MaricopaShawna Loper and Mike Ottman
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Major pests
- Acanthoplus discoidalis
Ageratum conyzoides
Alhagi maurorum
Amsacta moorei
Blissus leucopterus
Boerhavia diffusa
Celosia argentea
Cenchrus biflorus
Chilo partellus
Claviceps fusiformis
Cochliobolus lunatus
Corcyra cephalonica
Criconemella
Desmostachya bipinnata
Diabolocatantops axillaris
Diatraea grandiosella
Echinochloa crus-galli
Gibberella zeae
Helicotylenchus dihystera
Helicoverpa armigera
Hieroglyphus banian
Holotrichia serrata
Hoplolaimus seinhorsti
Locusta migratoria
Macrophomina phaseolina
Mocis latipes
Moesziomyces bullatus
Mythimna separata
Oedaleus senegalensis
Ostrinia nubilalis
Pachnoda interrupta
Phyllophaga
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
Quelea quelea
Saccharum spontaneum
Schistocerca gregaria
Sclerophthora macrospora
Sclerospora graminicola
Sesamia calamistis
Sesamia cretica
Sesamia inferens
Sitotroga cerealella
Striga asiatica
Trianthema portulacastrum
Tribolium confusum
Minor pests
- Abutilon theophrasti
Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae
Aphelenchoides arachidis
Aspergillus niger
Atherigona orientalis
Atherigona soccata
Balansia oryzae-sativae
Belonolaimus longicaudatus
Busseola fusca
Cadra cautella
Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris
Chilo infuscatellus
Cicadulina mbila
Claviceps sorghi
Cnaphalocrocis medinalis
Cochliobolus heterostrophus
Cyaneolytta acteon
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Gloeocercospora sorghi
Hirschmanniella oryzae
Hoplolaimus indicus
Hyalopterus pruni
Khuskia oryzae
Meloidogyne acronea
Meloidogyne ethiopica
Mythimna loreyi
Ostrinia furnacalis
Pratylenchus zeae
Pyricularia setariae
Pyrilla perpusilla
Rhamphicarpa fistulosa
Rhopalosiphum maidis
Sarocladium oryzae
Scutellonema clathricaudatum
Setosphaeria turcica
Sitobion miscanthi
Sitophilus oryzae
Spodoptera exigua
Spodoptera frugiperda
Spodoptera mauritia acronyctoides
Striga densiflora
Striga hermonthica
Thrips hawaiiensis
Tilletia barclayana
Tribolium castaneum
Tribulus terrestris
Trichoconiella padwickii
Verbesina encelioides