Genetic insights in pearl millet breeding in the genomic era: challenges and prospects

M Singh, U Nara - Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2023 - Springer
Pearl millet, a vital staple food and an important cereal, is emerging as crop having various
end-uses as feed, food as well as fodder. Advancement in high-throughput sequencing …

Role of genome sequences of major and minor millets in strengthening food and nutritional security for future generations

T Maharajan, TPA Krishna, NM Krishnakumar… - Agriculture, 2024 - mdpi.com
Millets are small-seeded cereals belonging to the family Poaceae. They are considered to
be climate-resilient and future nutritional food cereals for humans. Millets are resistant to …

Single trait versus principal component based association analysis for flowering related traits in pigeonpea

K Kumar, P Anjoy, S Sahu, K Durgesh, A Das… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Pigeonpea, a tropical photosensitive crop, harbors significant diversity for days to flowering,
but little is known about the genes that govern these differences. Our goal in the current …

Genome wide association study of agronomic and seed traits in a world collection of proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.)

S Boukail, M Macharia, M Miculan, A Masoni… - BMC Plant …, 2021 - Springer
Background The climate crisis threatens sustainability of crop production worldwide. Crop
diversification may enhance food security while reducing the negative impacts of climate …

Map** grain iron and zinc content quantitative trait loci in an iniadi-derived immortal population of pearl millet

S Kumar, CT Hash, T Nepolean, MD Mahendrakar… - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Pearl millet is a climate-resilient nutritious crop requiring low inputs and is capable of giving
economic returns in marginal agro-ecologies. In this study, we report large-effect iron (Fe) …

Genomic designing of pearl millet: a resilient crop for arid and semi-arid environments

DD Serba, RS Yadav, RK Varshney, SK Gupta… - Genomic designing of …, 2020 - Springer
Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.; Syn. Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone] is the
sixth most important cereal in the world. Today, pearl millet is grown on more than 30 million …

Map** and identification of quantitative trait loci controlling test weight and seed yield of pearl millet in multi agro-climatic zones of India

T Singhal, CT Satyavathi, SP Singh, M Mallik… - Field Crops …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is a climate-resilient nutri-cereal and is a staple
food for the inhabitants of arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Context or problems Yield …

Genomics-assisted breeding in minor and pseudo-cereals

S Yabe, H Iwata - Breeding Science, 2020 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Minor and pseudo-cereals, which can grow with lower input and often produce specific
nutrients compared to major cereal crops, are attracting worldwide attention. Since these …

Forage Performance and Detection of Marker Trait Associations with Potential for Napier Grass (Cenchrus purpureus) Improvement

E Habte, MS Muktar, A Abdena, J Hanson, AM Sartie… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
The evaluation of forage crops for adaptability and performance across production systems
and environments is one of the main strategies used to improve forage production. To …

Genetic analysis of grain biochemical parameters and yield in pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.]

AB Khatri, PT Patel, R Patel, MS Patel, SK Shah… - Journal of Cereal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pearl millet is a potential crop to combat micronutrient deficiency through genetic
biofortification of micronutrients in addition to protein, carbohydrates and oil. There is very …