Foxtail Millet: A Sequence-Driven Grass Model System

Abstract

Foxtail millet ( Setaria italica ) is a small diploid C4 panicoid crop species, whose genome is being sequenced by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) of the Department of Energy. The rationale for sequencing foxtail millet is that it is closely related to the bioenergy grasses switchgrass ( Panicum