Finger millet is one of the small millets with high nutritive value. This crop is vulnerable to blast disease caused by Pyricularia grisea, which occurs annually during rainy and winter seasons. Leaf blast occurs at early crop stage and is highly damaging. Mapping of resistance genes and other quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for agronomic performance can be of great use for improving finger mill...


 The ground samples of Pearl millet, Finger Foxtail millet and Proso were evaluated biochemically following nutrients determined i.e. moisture, ash, protein, fat, crude fiber, lignin cellulose. fiber feeds prepared with some necessary alterations to the Basic Purified Diet 93-G for rats, recommended by American Institute Nutrition (AIN). rats (n=36) divided equally into 6 groups. There tw...

Prolamin, the alcohol-soluble seed storage protein is major in many cereals. Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) contains prolamin (Setarin) as protein, which accounts > 50% of total protein. To in-silico characterize proteins foxtail millet, sequence coding for 14.3 kDa, 20.4 22 22.4 kDa and 26 were retrieved from NCBI database. Protein physio-chemical characterization was done through Protparam ...

filed experiment was conducted to study the effect of manure and various combinations of foxtail millet and mungbean intercropping on the grain yield, weed performance,and the nutrients concentration in millet. the experimental design was a split plot with three replications. main plots were differentmanure rates (0, 15 and 30 t ha-1) and the subplots comprised five combinations of intercroppin...

Blast disease caused by the Magnaporthe species is a major factor affecting the productivity of rice, wheat and millets. This study was aimed at generating genomic information for rice and non-rice Magnaporthe isolates to understand the extent of genetic variation. We have sequenced the whole genome of the Magnaporthe isolates, infecting rice (leaf and neck), finger millet (leaf and neck), foxt...

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 ...