Nutritional insecurity is a major threat to the world's population that is highly dependent on
cereals-based diet, deficient in micronutrients. Next to cereals, millets are the primary …

C4 photosynthetic plants outperform C3 plants in hot and arid climates. By concentrating
carbon dioxide around Rubisco C4 plants drastically reduce photorespiration. The …

Multiple comparisons among genomes can clarify their evolution, speciation, and functional
innovations. To date, the genome sequences of eight grasses representing the most …

Commonly consumed foxtail millet varieties Jingu28 and Jingu34 were compared in terms of
phytochemical composition, antioxidant property, and antiproliferative activity. The cellular …

Abstract Main conclusion The African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC) successfully
initiated the ambitious genome sequencing project of 101 African orphan crops/trees with 6 …

The availability of well-validated informative co-dominant microsatellite markers and
saturated genetic linkage map has been limited in foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.). In view of …

Underutilized crops are, by definition, under‐researched compared to staple crops yet come
with traits that may be especially important given climate change and the need to feed a …

The APETALA2/ethylene-responsive element binding factor (AP2/ERF) family is one of the
largest transcription factor (TF) families in plants that includes four major sub-families …

Background Members of the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor family perform
indispensable functions in various biological processes, such as plant growth, seed …

Background Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are involved in protecting higher
plants from damage caused by environmental stresses. Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) is an …