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G83-648 Wild Proso Millet (Revised April 1992), Robert G. Wilson
G83-648 Wild Proso Millet (Revised April 1992), Robert G. Wilson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This NebGuide describes wild proso millet and its life cycle and provides recommendations for control.
Wild proso millet (Panicum millaceum L.) is one of the fastest spreading weeds in the corn belt. In the early 1970s, wild proso millet was found in a few isolated corn fields in Wisconsin. By 1987 wild proso millet had infested over one million acres in Wisconsin, had infested most of the southern corn-growing counties in Minnesota, and was present in Iowa, North and South Dakota, Illinois, Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska.
In Nebraska, wild proso millet was found first in a small area in …