Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is the sixth most important cereal crop after rice,
wheat, maize, barley and sorghum. It is widely grown on 30 million ha in the arid and semi …

Novel crop improvement approaches, including those that facilitate for the exploitation of
crop wild relatives and underutilized species harboring the much-needed natural allelic …

Several crops with enormous nutritional values were once largely consumed by mankind.
However, due to selective domestication, most of them had become marginally cultivated in …

Climate change poses daunting challenges to agricultural production and food security.
Rising temperatures, shifting weather patterns, and more frequent extreme events have …

Malnutrition results in enormous socio-economic costs to the individual, their community,
and the nation's economy. The evidence suggests an overall negative impact of climate …

Pearl millet is an important staple food crop of poor people and excels all other cereals due
to its unique features of resilience to adverse climatic conditions. It is rich in micronutrients …

Key message A total of 104 foxtail millet accessions were evaluated for 11 nutrients in three
environments and 67 high-confidence marker–trait associations (MTAs) were identified. Six …

Millets are food and nutrient security crops in the semi-arid tropics of developing countries.
Crop improvement using modern tools is one of the priority areas of research in millets. The …

Drought (D) and heat (H) are the two major abiotic stresses hindering cereal crop growth
and productivity, either singly or in combination (D/+ H), by imposing various negative …

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 …