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Breeding Finger Millet for Biotic Stress Resistance
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.), commonly cultivated in countries with semiarid and tropical climate like India, can be a potential contributor...
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Finger millet: a hero in the making to combat food insecurity
Climate change and population growth pose challenges to food security. Major crops such as maize, wheat, and rice are expected to face yield...
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Breeding Finger Millet for Abiotic Stress Tolerance: Strategies and Challenges
The term “millet” refers to a varied group of small-seeded annual C4 panicoid grasses, the biomass of which is used as feed and the seeds as food. A...
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Genotypic variability of drought-tolerance responses in underutilized indigenous finger millet genotypes
Finger millet production was negatively affected by drought stress. Thus, the assessment of genotypic variability for drought tolerance is of great...
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Advanced Biotechnological Tools for Genetic Improvement of Finger Millet
Growing human population demands a doubling of food production by 2050 necessitating significant increase in agricultural production, a challenge...
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Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) enhancement through genomic resources and breeding methods: current implications and potential future interventions
Finger millet ( Eleusine coracana ) is an essential staple crop in many regions of Africa and Asia, valued for its nutritional content and resilience...
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Reproductive Biology, Genetics, Evolution, and Diversity in Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.)
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) is a nutrient-dense climate-resilient major grain crop in Asian and African subcontinents. Being...
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Humic acid regulates gene expression and activity of antioxidant enzymes to inhibit the salt-induced oxidative stress in finger millet
Salt stress is a major abiotic stress that exerts detrimental effects on plant growth, development and yield worldwide. Humic acid (HA) is a...
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Phenotypic and Genetic Variation Studies in Finger Millet Genotypes to Blast Disease Caused by Pyricularia grisea
The most detrimental disease of finger millet ( Eleusine coracana ) is blast caused by Pyricularia grisea inflicting substantial yield losses. This...
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Breeding Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn) for Improvement of Quality Characters and Yield
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn) also known as “ragi” belongs to family “Poaceae” (Gramineae) is an important millet after Jowar and...
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Molecular Map** in Finger Millet
Finger millet is an important staple in the semi-arid and tropical regions of the world, with an incredible ability to adapt to adverse...
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Comparative Genomics of Finger Millet
High synteny existing among the closely related genomes of cereals with millets paved the way for comparative genomics approaches in unraveling the...
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Expression profiling of Nuclear Factor-Y (NF-Y) transcription factors during dehydration and salt stress in finger millet reveals potential candidate genes for multiple stress tolerance
Main conclusionExpression profiling of NF-Y transcription factors during dehydration and salt stress in finger millet genotypes contrastingly...
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A plausible screening approach for moisture stress tolerance in finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) germplasm accessions using membership function value at the seedling stage
Finger millet is a drought-tolerant crop that grows better under water-limited conditions. However, a lack of moisture during germination affects...
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Effect of source size and its position on grain yield in finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.)
Improved finger millet yield was through an increased harvest index, which compensated for the biomass production. In finger millet, the...
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Comparative transcriptome profiling of contrasting finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) genotypes under heat stress
BackgroundEleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn is a crucial C 4 species renowned for its stress robustness and nutritional significance. Because of its...
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Genetic and Genomic Resources for Harnessing the Health-Related Genes in Finger Millet
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) is a nutrient-dense cereal crop grown and consumed by resource-poor farmers in India. Finger millet...
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Genetic and Genomic Resources for Harnessing the Health-Related Genes in Finger Millet
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) is a nutrient-dense cereal crop grown and consumed by resource-poor farmers in India. Finger millet...
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Morpho-physiological Responses of Finger Millet Genotypes to PEG-Induced Osmotic Stress at an Early Seedling Stage
The present study reports the effect of polyethylene glycol (PEG) (0–25%) induced osmotic stress on morpho-physiological responses of finger millet Ele...
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Evaluation of nutraceutical property of extruded breakfast cereal produced from blends of malted finger millet (Eleusine coracana) and watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) seed flour
The aim of this study was to produce breakfast cereal from blends of mated finger millet and watermelon seed flour. The blends of flour from malted...
