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Crops on the Loess Plateau

The crop on the Loess Plateau is millet, with dry climate and insufficient water. Millet is a kind of crop with strong drought tolerance, and it can grow normally in arid environment. Millet is usually sown in April and matured in September. After shelling, millet can be obtained, which can be used to steam rice and cook porridge for people.

The crop on the Loess Plateau is millet.

Millet is an important crop. After the millet is shelled, it is the millet that people often eat. Millet has strong drought tolerance. In the Loess Plateau, the climate is relatively dry and there is water shortage all the year round. However, millet has strong adaptability to drought and can adapt to harsh climatic environment. In the Loess Plateau, millet can grow normally and is an important food crop in the Loess Plateau.

Millet, also known as millet and millet, is an important food crop of Millet. Millet grows vertically, with a height below 1 m and a thick stem. Leaves are long and narrow, lanceolate or banded, green, mostly drooping. The veins of the leaves are clear and there are fine hairs on the leaves.

The inflorescence of millet is spike-shaped, and the ears of millet are mostly oblong or oval, yellow or purple in color, and there are spikes on the ears. There are a lot of grains on the ear, which grow densely and are oval, and the color is yellow, orange, purple or red. Millet usually matures around September. After putting it away, remove the shell, and the millet inside is edible.

Xiaomi likes high temperature and drought tolerance, and can grow normally in high temperature and drought environment. The suitable temperature for plant growth is between 22 and 30 degrees. The main propagation mode of plants is sowing propagation, which is mainly distributed in temperate and tropical regions. Plants have strong adaptability, drought tolerance and cold tolerance, and are generally suitable for sowing in late April, belonging to stable crops.