Abstract:
Foxtail millet which locally called Pokem is grown for human consumption and play significant role as non-conventional staple food in certain areas of Papua, Indonesia. It has long been consumed by people of Biak Numfor, Papua. Millet cultivation is expected to increase the local food diversification, and to support the government program on food security. The exploration and characterization on morphological and agronomic properties were previously been carried out at the Warkapi village, Biak Numfor. Millet seeds were taken for subsequent trial to the field research station of the State University of Papua. The research was aimed to identify and examined its growth and potential yield. The experiment was laid in a randomized block design. Five foxtail millet accessions which were identified as red, black, brown, yellow and hotong (introduced) types were tested with 4 replications. It revealed that the number of seedlings can be used as selection criteria for millet accession types which are high yielding. Red type Millet (Verik) produced the highest yield 937.4 g / plot with a productivity of 1.56 tones / hectare.
