Assessing Forage Potential of the Global Collection of Finger Millet (<i>Eleusine coracana</i> (L.) Gaertn.) Germplasm Conserved at the ICRISAT Genebank

Assessing Forage Potential of the Global Collection of Finger Millet (<i>Eleusine coracana</i> (L.) Gaertn.) Germplasm Conserved at the ICRISAT Genebank

Finger millet is an important drought-tolerant and grain-nutrient dense food crop grown in semi-arid regions in Asia and Africa. The forage is used as a source of dry roughage for feeding livestock. In this study, the finger millet diversity panel (310 accessions and four controls) representing the...

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Main Authors: Chinnadurai Backiyalakshmi, Chakrapani Babu, Dagunapur Naresh Reddy, Varijakshapanicker Padmakumar, Kodukula V. S. V. Prasad, Vania Cristina Renno Azevedo, Mani Vetriventhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Agronomy
Subjects:
forage quality
food-feed trait
characterization
variability
genetic diversity
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/9/1706

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