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Coix: an underutilized functional food crop of Mizoram

2023-01-24

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Coix (<italic>Coix lacryma-jobi</italic>) comes under underutilized crops as it is neither cultivated commercially on a large scale nor widely traded. The Northeastern region of India harbours a rich diversity of Coix. This crop has diverse varieties from food to ethnic ornaments worn by the Mizo people. The soft-shelled types (var <italic>ma-yuen</italic>), locally called ‘Mim’ have be...

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Literature Corpus work: be760d06-e8fd-5598-9a87-64962574c16b
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2430692/v1

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