Question

Scientific name of ragi is
A) Avena sativa
B) Sorghum vulgare
C) Eleusine coracana
D) Pennisetum typhoides

Answer 1

Hint: Ragi is an outstanding source of natural calcium that allows rising children and elderly people to build their bones.

Complete Answer:
Ragi is also known as finger millet, is a herbaceous plant commonly cultivated as a cereal crop in the semiarid and arid areas in Asia and Africa. For most strains, finger millet is a short-day crop with a rising optimum of 12 hours of sunlight. Its key rising area varies from 20 ° N to 20 ° S, which largely means semi-arid to arid tropics. Nonetheless, finger millet is observed to be produced at 30 ° N in the Himalayan region of Nepal.

Now, let us find the solution from the options-
- Avena sativa is the scientific name of oats Oats are cultivated internationally to provide individuals in many countries with an essential food staple. Thus, option A is not the correct option.
- Sorghum vulgare, widely referred to as sorghum and also known as broad millet, durra, jowar, is a grain-grown grass species used mostly for human food , animal food, and ethanol processing. Thus, option B is not the correct option.
- Finger Millet or Ragi, is an essential millet that is widely cultivated in different parts of India and Africa. Eleusine coracana is its scientific name.
- Finger millet is regarded as one of the healthiest cereals.
-Of both the cereal grains and millets, finger millet has the largest amount of calcium and potassium.
-The cereal is low in fat and mostly contains unsaturated fat.
- The most commonly grown form of millet is Pennisetum typhoides. The common name is pearl millets. It has been cultivated since ancient times in Indian and the Africa subcontinent. Thus option D is not the correct option.

Thus, the correct answer is option (C) Eleusine coracana.

Note: In East Africa, ragi pests are bird hunters, such as queleas. In finger millet production, pink stem borer and shot fly are known to be the most important insect pests.