[HTML][HTML] Genetic and genomic resources, and breeding for accelerating improvement of small millets: current status and future interventions

M Vetriventhan, VCR Azevedo, HD Upadhyaya… - The Nucleus, 2020 - Springer
Current agricultural and food systems encourage research and development on major
crops, neglecting regionally important minor crops. Small millets include a group of small …

[HTML][HTML] Building near-complete plant genomes

TP Michael, R VanBuren - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Long read sequencing has improved genome assembly by an order of
magnitude.•New genome assembly algorithms leverage long, error prone reads to untangle …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic mechanisms of climate adaptation in polyploid bioenergy switchgrass

JT Lovell, AH MacQueen, S Mamidi, J Bonnette… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Long-term climate change and periodic environmental extremes threaten food and fuel
security and global crop productivity,–. Although molecular and adaptive breeding strategies …

Milletdb: a multi‐omics database to accelerate the research of functional genomics and molecular breeding of millets

M Sun, H Yan, A Zhang, Y Jin, C Lin… - Plant biotechnology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Millets are a class of nutrient‐rich coarse cereals with high resistance to abiotic stress; thus,
they guarantee food security for people living in areas with extreme climatic conditions and …

[HTML][HTML] Barnyard millet for food and nutritional security: Current status and future research direction

VG Renganathan, C Vanniarajan, A Karthikeyan… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Barnyard millet (Echinochloa species) has become one of the most important minor millet
crops in Asia, showing a firm upsurge in world production. The genus Echinochloa …

The role of millets in attaining United Nation's sustainable developmental goals

S Antony Ceasar, T Maharajan - Plants, People, Planet, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Strengthening food and nutrient security is crucial to feeding the
ever‐growing world population. Millets provide energy and nutrients for millions of poor …

[HTML][HTML] The genome of the recretohalophyte Limonium bicolor provides insights into salt gland development and salinity adaptation during terrestrial evolution

F Yuan, X Wang, B Zhao, X Xu, M Shi, B Leng, X Dong… - Molecular Plant, 2022 - cell.com
Halophytes have evolved specialized strategies to cope with high salinity. The extreme
halophyte sea lavender (Limonium bicolor) lacks trichomes but possesses salt glands on its …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of fermentation with lactic bacteria on the structural characteristics and physicochemical and functional properties of soluble dietary fiber from …

Y Li, L Niu, Q Guo, L Shi, X Deng, X Liu, C Xiao - Lwt, 2022 - Elsevier
Prosomillet bran was fermented with lactic bacteria and the changes of the structure and
physicochemical and functional properties of its soluble dietary fiber (SDF) were …