Table 4 Farmers' criteria for separating wild and cultivated types
Characters for comparison | Wild (non-edible) types (e.g. Harchatee ) | Cultivated (edible) types (e.g. Muyra ) |
|---|---|---|
Panicle type | Lax | Compact to semi-compact |
Glume colour and coverage | Full | Less |
Shattering level | High | Low sometimes absent |
Tillering | Very high | Few to single stem |
Stem thickness | Thin | Thick |
Seed size | Very small to small | Small to big |