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Internal ID UUID64402fb948640441992336
Scientific name Digitaria exilis
Authority Stapf
First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 385 (1915)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Panicum exile (Kippist) A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. 1: 726. 1920 (1920)
Paspalum exile Kippist Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 157 (1842)
Syntherisma exile (Kippist) Newbold Torreya 24: 9 1924

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Language Common/alternative name
English fonio; acha
English fonio
Spanish mijo fonio
Arabic فونيو
Bambara fini
br fonio
Catalan fonio
Czech rosička útlá
dag kabiga
German fonio
German hungerreis
German foniohirse
Basque fonio
Fulah fonnye
Fulah seremmbe; funye
Finnish fonio
French fonio
Hausa acca
Croatian fonio
Indonesian fonio
Italian fonio
Japanese フォニオ
Malagasy fôniô
Dutch fonio
Portuguese fonio
Sango hâriyä
Swahili mfonio
Yoruba sùúrù

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- Native
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Mali
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000863941
UNII 5G82ZWR8TI
USDA Plants DIEX4
Tropicos 25511884
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:398802-1
The Plant List kew-408976
Open Tree Of Life 974675
NCBI Taxonomy 1010633
IPNI 398802-1
iNaturalist 482028
GBIF 5289953
Freebase /m/012sntx5
EPPO DIGEX
EOL 1114313
USDA GRIN 14016
Wikipedia Digitaria_exilis

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_015342445.1 DiExil Contig University of California, Davis 2020-11-10 80 725.41 Mb

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Antidiabetic Property Optimization from Green Leafy Vegetables Using Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction to Improve Cracker Production Maser WH, Maiyah N, Karnjanapratum S, Nukthamna P, Thompson AK, Huda N, Moula Ali AM, Bavisetty SC Prev Nutr Food Sci 31-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10987381
doi:10.3746/pnf.2024.29.1.47
PMID:38576886
Does consumption of pearl millet cause goiter? A systematic review of existing evidence Anitha S, Upadhyay S, Grando S, Kane-Potaka J Front Nutr 07-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10955131
doi:10.3389/fnut.2024.1323336
PMID:38515523
Assessing yield performance and stability of local sorghum genotypes: A methodological framework combining multi-environment trials and participatory multi-trait evaluation Kondombo CP, Kaboré P, Kambou D, Ouédraogo I Heliyon 07-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10869773
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25114
PMID:38370242
Application and functional properties of millet starch: Wet milling extraction process and different modification approaches Heena, Kumar N, Singh R, Upadhyay A, Giri BS Heliyon 30-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10850599
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25330
PMID:38333841
Host genotype, soil composition, and geo-climatic factors shape the fonio seed microbiome Tabassum N, Ahmed HI, Parween S, Sheikh AH, Saad MM, Krattinger SG, Hirt H Microbiome 17-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10792890
doi:10.1186/s40168-023-01725-5
PMID:38233870
A genome assembly for Orinus kokonorica provides insights into the origin, adaptive evolution and further diversification of two closely related grass genera Qu K, Liu A, Yin M, Mu W, Wu S, Hu H, Chen J, Su X, Dou Q, Ren G Commun Biol 02-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10693610
doi:10.1038/s42003-023-05620-5
PMID:38042963
Ensembl 2024 Harrison PW, Amode MR, Austine-Orimoloye O, Azov AG, Barba M, Barnes I, Becker A, Bennett R, Berry A, Bhai J, Bhurji SK, Boddu S, Branco Lins PR, Brooks L, Ramaraju SB, Campbell LI, Martinez MC, Charkhchi M, Chougule K, Cockburn A, Davidson C, De Silva NH, Dodiya K, Donaldson S, El Houdaigui B, Naboulsi TE, Fatima R, Giron CG, Genez T, Grigoriadis D, Ghattaoraya GS, Martinez JG, Gurbich TA, Hardy M, Hollis Z, Hourlier T, Hunt T, Kay M, Kaykala V, Le T, Lemos D, Lodha D, Marques-Coelho D, Maslen G, Merino GA, Mirabueno LP, Mushtaq A, Hossain SN, Ogeh DN, Sakthivel MP, Parker A, Perry M, Piližota I, Poppleton D, Prosovetskaia I, Raj S, Pérez-Silva JG, Salam AI, Saraf S, Saraiva-Agostinho N, Sheppard D, Sinha S, Sipos B, Sitnik V, Stark W, Steed E, Suner MM, Surapaneni L, Sutinen K, Tricomi FF, Urbina-Gómez D, Veidenberg A, Walsh TA, Ware D, Wass E, Willhoft NL, Allen J, Alvarez-Jarreta J, Chakiachvili M, Flint B, Giorgetti S, Haggerty L, Ilsley GR, Keatley J, Loveland JE, Moore B, Mudge JM, Naamati G, Tate J, Trevanion SJ, Winterbottom A, Frankish A, Hunt SE, Cunningham F, Dyer S, Finn RD, Martin FJ, Yates AD Nucleic Acids Res 11-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10767893
doi:10.1093/nar/gkad1049
PMID:37953337
Combination of Nanodelivery Systems and Constituents Derived from Novel Foods: A Comprehensive Review Truzzi E, Bertelli D, Bilia AR, Vanti G, Maretti E, Leo E Pharmaceutics 11-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10674267
doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics15112614
PMID:38004592
Genome-wide association analyses of agronomic traits and Striga hermonthica resistance in pearl millet Rouamba A, Shimelis H, Drabo I, Mrema E, Ojiewo CO, Mwadzingeni L, Rathore A Sci Rep 11-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10567810
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-44046-1
PMID:37821558
Cultivating health: millets' potential in combating non-communicable diseases and future research avenues in India Bhattacharya S Front Nutr 21-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10551438
doi:10.3389/fnut.2023.1190111
PMID:37810919
Development of genomic resources for Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana), draft genome and annotated variant discovery Maybery-Reupert K, Isenegger D, Hayden M, Cogan N Front Plant Sci 04-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10507473
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1239290
PMID:37731974
Current status of the novel food ingredient safety evaluation system Heo S, Lee G, Na HE, Park JH, Kim T, Oh SE, Jeong DW Food Sci Biotechnol 09-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10767037
doi:10.1007/s10068-023-01396-w
PMID:38186627
Milletdb: a multi‐omics database to accelerate the research of functional genomics and molecular breeding of millets Sun M, Yan H, Zhang A, Jin Y, Lin C, Luo L, Wu B, Fan Y, Tian S, Cao X, Wang Z, Luo J, Yang Y, Jia J, Zhou P, Tang Q, Jones CS, Varshney RK, Srivastava RK, He M, Xie Z, Wang X, Feng G, Nie G, Huang D, Zhang X, Zhu F, Huang L Plant Biotechnol J 02-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10579705
doi:10.1111/pbi.14136
PMID:37530223
A Review of the Changes Produced by Extrusion Cooking on the Bioactive Compounds from Vegetal Sources Mironeasa S, Coţovanu I, Mironeasa C, Ungureanu-Iuga M Antioxidants (Basel) 19-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10376774
doi:10.3390/antiox12071453
PMID:37507991
Overexpression of OsHAD3, a Member of HAD Superfamily, Decreases Drought Tolerance of Rice Zan X, Zhou Z, Wan J, Chen H, Zhu J, Xu H, Zhang J, Li X, Gao X, Chen R, Huang Z, Xu Z, Li L Rice (N Y) 19-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10356738
doi:10.1186/s12284-023-00647-y
PMID:37468664

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