What is the simplified cultivation technique of millet?

The simplified cultivation technology of millet won the national patent in 2006. It was invented by Millet Research Institute of Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry. Chemical thinning and chemical weeding can be realized, and the labor intensity of millet production can be greatly reduced. It has been successfully demonstrated in central and southern Hebei, Shandong, Henan and other provinces, laying a technical foundation for large-scale production of millet.

The core technology of simplified cultivation technology is to use the herbicide-resistant mutant material Setaria viridis introduced from Canada, introduce its herbicide-resistant gene into millet varieties through sexual hybridization, cultivate herbicide-resistant, herbicide-resistant or herbicide-resistant homozygous sister lines or near-isogenic lines, sow 2-3 homozygous sister lines or near-isogenic lines in a certain proportion, and spray specific herbicides to achieve the purposes of chemical thinning and chemical weeding at the same time. Millet varieties Ji Gu 25 and Ji Gu 29 were bred by Millet Research Institute of Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, and were identified by the National Millet Variety Identification Committee in 2006 and 2008 respectively. K492, a new variety with high quality and simplified cultivation, also performed well in the national regional test of millet varieties in 2008, and its yield ranked second among the tested varieties 15.