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Millets and Pseudo Cereals: Genetic Resources and Breeding Advancements

Millets and Pseudo Cereals: Genetic Resources and Breeding Advancements

Sood, Salej
Singh, Mohar

Paperback

AgricultureBiologyGenetics

ISBN10: 0128200898
ISBN13: 9780128200896
Publisher: Woodhead Pub
Published: Sep 21 2020
Pages: 218
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.47 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

Millets and Pseudo Cereals is the first comprehensive resource to focus on the potential crop improvements through genetic enhancements.

The choice of food crop for a region is primarily determined by the conditions of climate and soil. Once labelled as orphan crops, millets and pseudo-cereals are now known as miracle grains due to their adaptation to harsh conditions and high nutritional quality. Small millets and pseudo-cereals are now seen to occupy special niches through their ability to adapt to challenging conditions. These crops have a comparative advantage in marginal lands where they withstand stress conditions and contribute to sustainable production. They also contribute to the diversity-richness and production stability of agro-ecosystems. Millets include sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet, foxtail millet, proso millet, barnyard millet, little millet and kodo millet while the other group which are not cereals but consumed as cereals and generally referred as pseudo-cereals comprises of grain amaranths, buckwheat and chenopods.

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