Bajra (Millet) बाजरा
 Watering |
 Cultivation |
 Harvesting |
 Labour |
 Sunlight |
 pH Value |
 Temperature |
 Fertilization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Manual | Machine & Manual | Low | Medium | 5.6 - 6.2 | 14 - 16 °C | 90 - 110 kg/acre nitrogen |
Echinochloa spp.
Common Name: Jungle rice Family: Poaceae Habit: An annual grass, 1m or taller. Stem: Culms stout, erect to decumbent, often branching from the base. Leaves: Sheath glabrous, ligule absent or occasionally represented by a rim of very short hairs, leaf blades glabrous, elongate, 5-15 mm wide, light green. Flowers: Panicle erect or nodding, green or purpletinged, 10-20 cm long. Racemes numerous, 2-4 cm long, spreading, ascending, sometimes branched. Fruits: Caryopsis ovate, obtuse, usually 2.5-3.5 mm long. Seed white to hyaline with longitudinal ridges on the convex surface.
