Crop characteristics of 136 foxtail millet (Setaria italica BEAUVOIS) resources collected in South Korea were investigated in order to establish basic informations for breeding. Spike types of 136 genetic resources were classified as 5 types (conical, clavate, fusiform, cylindrical and top diverge). Among them, conical type was showed the highest percentage(41.2%). Seed of 136 resources was showed yellow color. Spike color of 136 genetic resources were classified as 6 colors (dark brown, light brown, red brown, yellow, yellowish brown and yellowish white). Yellowish white color showed the highest percentage(33.8%) among them. Leaf color of 136 genetic resources were classified as 6 colors (brown, dark green, green, green brown, light green and light brown). Green color was showed the highest percentage(44.9%) among them. Culm length showed a wide variation from 112cm to 183cm (average is 153.8cm) and spike length from 17.7 to 41.2cm (average is 24.1cm). Days from seeding to heading date and days from seeding to physiological maturity were showed the range from 63 to 111 days (average is 90.3 days) and the range from 119 to 149 days (average is 117.7 days) respectively. Number of grains per spike and 1000 grain weight were showed the range from 2,197.0 to 16,980.0 grains (average is 5,839.1 grains) and from 0.6 to 3.1g (average is 1.79g) respectively.

• Seong-Tak Yoon(College of Bio-resources Science, Dankook Univ.) Corresponding author
• Xu-Zhen Yu(College of Bio-resources Science, Dankook Univ.)
• Seong-Min Kim(College of Industrial Science, Kongju National Univ.)
• Chang-Yung Kim(National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, RDA)