The present project is aimed at studying the exogenous regulation of leaf senescence in two millets i.e. Setaria italica, L. and Pennisefum typhoides Burm. The present study is confined to the study of excised leaf senescence by using growth regulators as the exogenous agents. Attached leaf study was avoided for the reason that preliminary experiments showed insensitiveness of the leaves of the...

Generating genomic resources in terms of molecular markers is imperative in molecular breeding for crop improvement. Though development and application of microsatellite markers in large-scale was reported in the model crop foxtail millet, no such large-scale study was conducted for intron-length polymorphic (ILP) markers. Considering this, we developed 5123 ILP markers, of which 4049 were phys...

Finger millet (Eluesine coracana) and foxtail millet (Setaria italica), are highly nutritious minor millets and hence is used in most of the staple foods. The present study was to estimate the thin layer drying characteristics of foxtail and finger millet and developing a thin layer model which adequately fits the data. Foxtail and finger millet with an initial moisture content of 0.314 and 0.3...

Minor millets are considered as nutrient-rich cereals having significant effect in improving human health. In this study, a rice ortholog of Ferric Chelate Reductase (FRO2) gene involved in plant metal uptake has been identified in iron-rich Little millet (LM) using PCR and next generation sequencing-based strategy. FRO2 gene-specific primers designed from rice genome amplified 2.7 Kb fragment ...

Crop growth and productivity has largely been vulnerable to various abiotic and biotic stresses that are only set to be compounded due to global climate change. Therefore developing improved varieties and designing newer approaches for crop improvement against stress tolerance have become a priority now-a-days. However, most of the crop improvement strategies are directed toward staple cereals ...

Climate prediction models suggest that agricultural productivity will be significantly affected in the future. The expected rise average global temperature due to higher release of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into atmosphere and increased depletion water resources with enhanced climate variability a serious threat world food security. Moreover, there is an increase frequency severity long-lasting d...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality, disease's prevalence increasing with each passing day. DM can be prevented controlled modifications to diet, especially by incorporating millet in diet. Throughout history, eating habits have been recognized for their significant contribution promoting health wellness foods rich nutrients. Millet an underutilized food crop ...