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Genetic improvement of Small Millets / edited by Sweta Mishra, Shailesh Kumar, R C Srivastava.
Springer Nature - Springer Biomedical and Life Sciences eBooks 2024 English International Available online
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- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture.
- Botany.
- Plant physiology.
- Plant Science.
- Plant Physiology.
- Local Subjects:
- Agriculture.
- Plant Science.
- Plant Physiology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (653 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2024.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
- Summary:
- This book brings out a comprehensive collection of information on small millets. The main focus of this book is to introduce the various types of long forgotten small millets to the readers, their genetics, botany and diversity, cultivation, breeding strategies, genomic resources available, how they can be incorporated into the existing cropping systems, their processing strategies and value addition to incorporate into daily diet of humans. It covers finger millet, foxtail millet, proso millet, barnyard millet, little millet, kodo millet, and browntop millet. Millets originated before 10000 BC and were consumed by humans across civilizations until the green revolution took place in India and other developing countries. After green revolution, due to the advent of high-yielding varieties, as the area, production, and market of wheat and rice increased, the acreage of millets gradually decreased. However, with increasing lifestyle diseases, humans have recognized the potential of small millets crop. It is now being considered as super food and smart food as they are nutri-packed and rich in calcium, phosphorous, iron, zinc, and fiber, which is much higher than that available in wheat and rice. This book is of interest to the students, research scholars, national and international agricultural scientists, millet professionals, and food industry.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 - Small Millets Genetic Resources Management
- Chapter 2 - Conservation and utilization status of small millets in Nepal
- Chapter 3 - Quality Seed Production in Small millets
- Chapter 4- Millet based cropping systems for enhanced productivity
- Chapter 5 - Major Diseases of Small Millets and their management strategies
- Chapter 6 - Conventional and Advanced Methods in Small Millets Processing
- Chapter 7 - Nutritional aspects, phytochemical composition and potential health benefits of small millets, Chapter 8 - Physiological traits associated with genetic improvement of small millets
- Chapter 9 - Reproductive biology, genetics, evolution and diversity in finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.)
- Chapter 10 - Breeding finger Millet for improvement of quality characters and yield
- Chapter 11 - Breeding finger millet for abiotic stress tolerance
- Chapter 12 - Breeding finger millet for biotic stress resistance
- Chapter 13 - Recent advances of using new strategyin management of millet plant pathogens
- Chapter 14 - Advanced biotechnological tools for genetic improvement of finger millet
- Chapter 15 - Origin, Diversity, Floral Biology, Pollination and Genetics in Foxtail Millet
- Chapter 16 - Genetic improvement of Foxtail millet through advanced biotechnological methods
- Chapter 17 - Omics-aided crop improvement in foxtail millet
- Chapter 18 - Floral Biology, Pollination, Genetics, Origin and Diversity in Proso Millet
- Chapter 19 - Recent Advancements in Proso Millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) Breeding for Quality and Yield Improvement
- Chapter 20 - Breeding Proso millet for abiotic stress tolerance
- Chapter 21 - Breeding Proso millet for biotic stress resistance
- Chapter 22 - Genetic improvement of Proso millet through advanced biotechnological methods
- Chapter 23 -Floral Biology, Pollination, Genetics, Origin and Diversity in Barnyard Millet
- Chapter 24 - Breeding Barnyard millet for abiotic stress tolerance, Chapter 25 - Breeding Barnyard millet for biotic stress resistance
- Chapter 26- Genetic improvement of Barnyard millet through advanced biotechnological methods, Chapter 27- Floral Biology, Pollination, Genetics, Origin and Diversity in Little Millet, Chapter 28 -Genetic improvement for yield, quality, biotic and abiotic stresses in Little millet (Panicum sumatrense Roth. ex Roem. and Schult.)
- Chapter 29 - An upliftment strategy for little millet improvement by unravelling the hidden molecular network behind its miracle properties, Chapter 30 -Breeding Kodo millet for biotic and abiotic stress tolerance
- Chapter 31 - Botanical description, brief history of Browntop millet and its spectacular adaptations as a hardy food and feed crop
- Chapter 32 - Breeding Browntop millet for biotic and abiotic stress resistance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 981-9972-32-9
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