Finger millet: a “certain” crop for an “uncertain” future and a solution to food insecurity and hidden hunger under stressful environments

SM Gupta, S Arora, N Mirza, A Pande, C Lata… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Crop growth and productivity has largely been vulnerable to various abiotic and biotic
stresses that are only set to be compounded due to global climate change. Therefore …

Genetic diversity and genomic resources available for the small millet crops to accelerate a New Green Revolution

TL Goron, MN Raizada - Frontiers in plant science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Small millets are nutrient-rich food sources traditionally grown and consumed by
subsistence farmers in Asia and Africa. They include finger millet (Eleusine coracana), foxtail …

Finger Millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.] Improvement: Current Status and Future Interventions of Whole Genome Sequence

S Antony Ceasar, T Maharajan… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The whole genome sequence (WGS) of the much awaited, nutrient rich and climate resilient
crop, finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) has been released recently. While …

Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn): Nutritional Importance and Nutrient Transporters

T Maharajan, SA Ceasar… - Critical Reviews in Plant …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Finger millet is a nutri-rich cereal crop of poor people living in the develo** countries of
Asia and Africa. Finger millet grains contain high amounts of potassium, phosphorus …

Phenomics and genomics of finger millet: current status and future prospects

S Sood, DC Joshi, AK Chandra, A Kumar - Planta, 2019 - Springer
Main conclusion Diverse gene pool, advanced plant phenomics and genomics methods
enhanced genetic gain and understanding of important agronomic, adaptation and …

Gene Discovery and Advances in Finger Millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.] Genomics—An Important Nutri-Cereal of Future

S Sood, A Kumar, BK Babu, VS Gaur… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The rapid strides in molecular marker technologies followed by genomics, and next
generation sequencing advancements in three major crops (rice, maize and wheat) of the …

Identification of putative QTLs for seedling stage phosphorus starvation response in finger millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn.) by association map** and cross …

M Ramakrishnan, SA Ceasar, KK Vinod… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
A germplasm assembly of 128 finger millet genotypes from 18 countries was evaluated for
seedling-stage phosphorus (P) responses by growing them in P sufficient (P suf) and P …

Millet-inspired systems metabolic engineering of NUE in crops

PK Babele, A Srivastava, KA Selim, A Kumar - Trends in Biotechnology, 2023 - cell.com
The use of nitrogen (N) fertilizers in agriculture has a great ability to increase crop
productivity. However, their excessive use has detrimental effects on the environment …

Genomic-Assisted Breeding in Finger Millet (Eleusine Coracana (L.) Gaertn.) for Abiotic Stress Tolerance

TP Ajeesh Krishna, T Maharajan, S Ignacimuthu… - Genomic designing for …, 2021 - Springer
The demand for more food and the prevalence of malnutrition are the major issues affecting
people in several develo** countries. Finger millet,(Eleusine coracana [L.] Gaertn). is a …

Whole plant acclimation responses by finger millet to low nitrogen stress

TL Goron, VK Bhosekar, CR Shearer, S Watts… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The small grain cereal, finger millet (FM, Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn), is valued by
subsistence farmers in India and East Africa as a low-input crop. It is reported by farmers to …