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Representative of China’s deep foxtail millet heritage and modern research systems.

Millet Relevance: Works within one of the world’s historic millet regions, linking conservation, breeding, quality improvement and modern agricultural science.

Key Contributions

1. Shanxi and northern China have a long cultural association with foxtail millet, making Chinese research important to any global millet narrative.
2. The research focus includes improved varieties, germplasm conservation, processing quality, nutritional traits and adaptation to dryland systems.
3. China’s millet work adds a strong Asian counterpart to Indian and African millet leadership.

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