Pleiotropic SNPs and genes linked to enhanced seed longevity and vigor for climate resilient pearl millet production [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceSeed longevity and vigor are critical factors for sustainable crop production, particularly in environments prone to stress, where consistent germination and seedling establishment are crucial.
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Assessing Millets and Sorghum Consumption Behavior in Urban India: A Large-Scale Survey
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 There is growing attention by governments and industry in regard to the role played by millets (including sorghum) to help build resilience for farmers and cope with climate change, malnutrition, diabetes, and some other major issues.
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Millets: The future crops for the tropics - Status, challenges and future prospects
Heliyon, 2023 Millets are small-grained nutritious minor cereal crops that are resistant to different abiotic stresses resulting from climate change. Despite their many benefits, millets have received limited attention in agricultural research, policies, and markets ...
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 Millets (including sorghum) are known to be highly nutritious besides having a low carbon footprint and the ability to survive in high temperatures with minimal water.
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Harnessing the potential of millets for climate-resilient and sustainable agriculture [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceMillets are increasingly gaining global attention for their immense potential to address major challenges such as hunger and malnutrition, and the climatic risks on agricultural production. With the world’s population steadily increasing, it is essential
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Agriculture (Switzerland)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 biotic and abiotic stressors compared to other major cereals and thrive
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Little millet genome reveals evolutionary insights into tetraploid structure and genetic basis of micronutrient density [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsLittle millet is a hardy and nutrient-rich cereal which improves food and nutritional security in marginal environments. Despite its importance, genomic resources for this orphan crop have been limited.
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Mainstreaming Millets: Reviving the Miracle Grain for Addressing Rising Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases [PDF]
Indian Journal of Community MedicineMillets have been known and grown in India since the Vedic times and have been part of traditional Indian diets ever since. Production and consumption of millets saw a considerable decline after the Green Revolution.
Arunjeet Singh, Jarnail Singh Thakur
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Publisher Correction: Role of functional genes for seed vigor related traits through genome-wide association mapping in finger millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn.) [PDF]
Scientific ReportsNetyam Kannababu +11 more
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Millets: Small grains, big impact in climate action [PDF]
The Journal of Climate Change and HealthIntroduction: There has been a global rise in land-surface air temperature by 1.53 °C which can pose a threat to agricultural yields, undermine food security, and exacerbate malnutrition. In India, modern agricultural systems heavily rely on cereal crops
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