Pangenomic analysis identifies structural variation associated with heat tolerance in pearl millet

H Yan, M Sun, Z Zhang, Y Jin, A Zhang, C Lin, B Wu… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Pearl millet is an important cereal crop worldwide and shows superior heat tolerance. Here,
we developed a graph-based pan-genome by assembling ten chromosomal genomes with …

Pearl millet genome sequence provides a resource to improve agronomic traits in arid environments

RK Varshney, C Shi, M Thudi, C Mariac… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Pearl millet [Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone] is a staple food for more than 90 million
farmers in arid and semi-arid regions of sub-Saharan Africa, India and South Asia. We report …

The tepary bean genome provides insight into evolution and domestication under heat stress

SM Moghaddam, A Oladzad, C Koh, L Ramsay… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolis A. Gray), native to the Sonoran Desert, is highly adapted
to heat and drought. It is a sister species of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), the most …

Genomic designing of pearl millet: a resilient crop for arid and semi-arid environments

DD Serba, RS Yadav, RK Varshney, SK Gupta… - Genomic designing of …, 2020 - Springer
Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.; Syn. Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone] is the
sixth most important cereal in the world. Today, pearl millet is grown on more than 30 million …

Pearl millet genomic vulnerability to climate change in West Africa highlights the need for regional collaboration

B Rhoné, D Defrance, C Berthouly-Salazar… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Climate change is already affecting agro-ecosystems and threatening food security by
reducing crop productivity and increasing harvest uncertainty. Mobilizing crop diversity could …

Pangenome analysis reveals genomic variations associated with domestication traits in broomcorn millet

J Chen, Y Liu, M Liu, W Guo, Y Wang, Q He, W Chen… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is an orphan crop with the potential to improve
cereal production and quality, and ensure food security. Here we present the genetic …

Exploration of genetic and genomic resources for abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in pearl millet

R Shivhare, C Lata - Frontiers in plant science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Pearl millet is one of the most important small-grained C4 Panicoid crops with a large
genome size (∼ 2352 Mb), short life cycle and outbreeding nature. It is highly resilient to …

Leveraging millets for developing climate resilient agriculture

MKL Wilson, R VanBuren - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Millets offer nutritious, resilient alternatives to conventional food systems.•Millet
domestication was rooted in adaptability and stability under poor conditions, enabling …

A graph-based genome and pan-genome variation of the model plant Setaria

Q He, S Tang, H Zhi, J Chen, J Zhang, H Liang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Setaria italica (foxtail millet), a founder crop of East Asian agriculture, is a model plant for C4
photosynthesis and developing approaches to adaptive breeding across multiple climates …

Pearl millet: a climate-resilient nutricereal for mitigating hidden hunger and provide nutritional security

CT Satyavathi, S Ambawat, V Khandelwal… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
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 …