[HTML][HTML] Breeding strategies and challenges in the improvement of blast disease resistance in finger millet. A current review

W Mbinda, H Masaki - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Climate change has significantly altered the biodiversity of crop pests and pathogens,
posing a major challenge to sustainable crop production. At the same time, with the …

[HTML][HTML] Progenitor species hold untapped diversity for potential climate-responsive traits for use in wheat breeding and crop improvement

FJ Leigh, TIC Wright, RA Horsnell, S Dyer, AR Bentley - Heredity, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change will have numerous impacts on crop production worldwide necessitating a
broadening of the germplasm base required to source and incorporate novel traits. Major …

Effect of malting on physicochemical, antioxidant, and microstructural properties of finger millet (Eleusine coracana) flours

KT Murungweni, SE Ramashia… - Food Science & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn.) is a gluten‐free crop with a high amount of fiber,
calcium and iron, outstanding malting qualities and a low glycemic index. The study aimed …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide assessment of population structure and genetic diversity of the global finger millet germplasm panel conserved at the ICRISAT Genebank

C Backiyalakshmi, M Vetriventhan… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Finger millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.] is an important climate-resilient nutrient-dense
crop grown as a staple food grain in Asia and Africa. Utilizing the full potential of the crop …

Breeding finger millet for biotic stress resistance

GV Ramesh, S Gudi, N Singh, D Bhandhari - Genetic improvement of …, 2024 - Springer
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.), commonly cultivated in countries with semiarid and
tropical climate like India, can be a potential contributor in alleviating global hunger and …

Contrasting rhizosphere microbial communities between fertilized and bio-inoculated millet

R Mattoo, N Umashankar, HR Raveendra - Rhizosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
We used metagenome sequencing by Illumina to identify the core microbiome of the finger
millet rhizosphere. Finger millet is an important food security crop and here we report the …

Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) improvement: Challenges and prospects—A review

A Gebreyohannes, H Shimelis, J Mashilo… - Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Finger millet is a climate‐resilient and highly nutritious small grain crop widely grown in the
semi‐arid tropics. It has multiple uses, including for food, feed and beverage preparations …

Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) enhancement through genomic resources and breeding methods: current implications and potential future interventions

S Kayastha, JP Sahoo, M Mahapatra, SS Sharma - Planta, 2024 - Springer
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) is an essential staple crop in many regions of Africa and
Asia, valued for its nutritional content and resilience in challenging agro-ecological …

Genomic and phenotypic characterization of finger millet indicates a complex diversification history

J Bančič, DA Odeny, HF Ojulong, SM Josiah… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in sequencing technologies mean that insights into crop diversification can now
be explored in crops beyond major staples. We use a genome assembly of finger millet, an …

Reproductive Biology, Genetics, Evolution, and Diversity in Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.)

S Shamkuwar, K Srivastava, AE Tirkey… - Genetic improvement of …, 2024 - Springer
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) is a nutrient-dense climate-resilient major
grain crop in Asian and African subcontinents. Being future smart food crop, its production …