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Farmers’ knowledge and perception of finger millet blast disease and its control practices in western Kenya

CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2021
Background Finger millet blast disease, caused by Pyricularia oryzae, is a serious constrain of finger millet production which is threatening global food security especially to the resource poor smallholder farmers in arid and semi-arid regions.
Wilton Mbinda, Agnes Kavoo, Fredah Maina, Margaret Odeph, Cecilia Mweu, Naomi Nzilani, Mathew Ngugi   +6 more
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Boosting land use efficiency, profitability and productivity of finger millet by intercropping with grain legumes

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2019
Sustainable intensification of agriculture is a means of reducing the demand for increased land resources. A field experiment was conducted at two major finer millet producing areas of northwestern Ethiopia from 2017 to 2018 cropping seasons with the ...
Yayeh Bitew, Getachew Alemayehu, Enyew Adego, Alemayehu Assefa   +3 more
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Anti-diabetic prospects of dietary bio-actives of millets and the significance of the gut microbiota: A case of finger millet

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) is a staple food in several parts of the world because of its high nutritional value. In addition to its high nutrient content, finger millet contains numerous bioactive compounds, including polyphenol (10.2 mg/g TAE ...
Vineet Singh, GyuDae Lee, HyunWoo Son, Sliti Amani, Mamta Baunthiyal, Jae-Ho Shin   +5 more
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Millet phenolics as natural antioxidants in food model systems and human LDL/VLDL cholesterol in vitro

Tropical Agricultural Research, 2019
Dehulled grain flour of finger millet (Eleusine coracana), proso millet (Panicum miliaceum) and foxtail millet (Setaria italica) and phenolic extracts of millet hulls were evaluated for ability to inhibit lipid oxidation in several food model systems ...
K. D. D. Kumari, W. M. T. Madhujith, G. A. P. Chandrasekara   +2 more
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Genome and Transcriptome sequence of Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) provides insights into drought tolerance and nutraceutical properties

BMC Genomics, 2017
Background Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) is an important staple food crop widely grown in Africa and South Asia. Among the millets, finger millet has high amount of calcium, methionine, tryptophan, fiber, and sulphur containing amino ...
Shailaja Hittalmani, H. B. Mahesh, Meghana Deepak Shirke, Hanamareddy Biradar, Govindareddy Uday, Y. R. Aruna, H. C. Lohithaswa, A. Mohanrao   +7 more
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​VL Mandua 382: The first early maturing, white seeded finger millet cultivar suitable for rainfed organic agro-ecology of the Himalayan region

Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 2021
White seeded finger millet is known to have higher acceptability in the baking and food industry compared to the brown seeded finger millet genotypes.
D. C. Joshi*1, Salej Sood2, Arun Gupta3, R. K. Khulbe1, B. M. Pandey1, R. S. Pal, M. S. Bhinda1 and Lakshmi Kant1
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Effect of different millet flours on the physico-chemical characteristics, proximate composition and sensory characteristics of enrobed chicken nuggets [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 2023
A study was conducted to analyse the effect of different millet flours viz., finger millet flour, pearl millet flour and foxtail millet flour on physic-chemical characteristics, proximate composition and sensory characteristics of enrobed chicken nuggets.
V.V. Akhila , T. Sathu, B. Sunil , A. Irshad , R. Geetha, V.C. Hridhya , J.K. Anjitha, M. Manasa   +7 more
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Potential suitable habitat of Eleusine coracana (L) gaertn (Finger millet) under the climate change scenarios in Nepal

BMC Ecology, 2020
Background Finger millet is the fourth major crop in Nepal and is cultivated in a traditional integrated subsistence system. Timely rain and appropriate temperature predominately affects crop distribution and yield. Climate change is evident in Nepal and
Dol Raj Luitel, Mohan Siwakoti, Mohan D. Joshi, Muniappan Rangaswami, Pramod K. Jha   +4 more
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Nutritional, technological, and medical approach of finger millet (Eleusine coracana)

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2015
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) is also known as African millet and is commonly called “ragi” in India. It has excellent nutritional value and is even superior to other common cereals. It is a richest source of calcium (344 mg) and magnesium (408 mg)
Amir Gull, Gulzar Ahmad Nayik, Kamlesh Prasad, Pradyuman Kumar   +3 more
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Development and evaluation of early maturing white-grained finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) genotypes for cultivation in sub-mountain Himalayan region of India

Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 2016
White grained finger millet genotypes has become a thrust area in finger millet breeding due to increased demand of nonglutinous food products and lesser acceptability of brown grained finger millet.
Salej Sood, Arun Gupta, R. Arun Kumar, Lakshmi Kant and, J. K. Bisht   +4 more
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