Traditional Millet Varieties grown in Tamil nadu 
PEARLMILLET
- For bird scaring, the carcass of a crow is hung on a long pole in the center of the pearl millet field.
- Pearl millet seeds are mixed with the leaves of noichi (Vitex negundo) and then stored.
- Pearl millet is stored by building a structure called 'Pattarai' before threshing.
- Pearl millet ear heads are spread circularly to 1 foot height and cattle threshed
- When pearl millet seeds are immwersed in salt solution (1 kg. of common salt in 10 lit. of water) and the floaters and disease affected seeds are removed.
- Pearl millet seeds are presoaked in water overnight before sowing, for early germination.
- Pearl millet nursery is grown on raised beds for better seedling growth.
- Before transplanting, seedling tips are clipped to remove the eggs of pests and white flies and to control tip blight disease.
- Dusting Chula ash in pearl millet fields to control green leaf hoppers sitting on inner side of leaves.
- Grow cowpea as intercrop to control leaf miner in pearl millet.
- Storing pearl millet seeds by mixing with ash.
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