Proso Millet Breeding Progress, Status of Genomic Resources and Future Aspects of Improvement

Author: Ikkurti Gopinath and Kamre Kranthi Kumar

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Abstract

Small millets are potentially high nutrient rich crops with great value to human consumption and animal feed. Small millets include small seeded crops of Poaceae family like foxtail millet, finger millet, kodo millet, proso millet, barnyard millet and little millet. Proso millet is low-input and less demanding small millet known for its rich magnesium content. Developing high yielding and nutrient packed proso millet varieties improves industrial adoption and cultivation. Information on genomic resources available in proso millet can improve breeding activities and quicken the genetic gain. Therefore, pre-breeding in proso millet, germplasm and molecular breeding avenues are focus in the article.

Keywords

Genomic resources, pre-breeding, genetic gain, proso millet

Conclusion

Proso millet is considered ‘miracle grain’ in semi-arid regions considering it potential role in food energy malnutrition. Proso millet comes with numerous health benefits upon its adoption such as preventing risk of cardiovascular diseases. Information on germplasm resources and genomics breeding aspects in proso millet promisingly reduces gap in research outcomes and implementation as inclusion into food-diet. The growth in genomic research accelerates the genetic gain and assist developing high yielding proso millet varieties.

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Ikkurti Gopinath and Kamre Kranthi Kumar (2023). Proso Millet Breeding Progress, Status of Genomic Resources and Future Aspects of Improvement. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(1): 151-155.