Breeding Drought-Tolerant Pearl Millet Using Conventional and Genomic Approaches: Achievements and Prospects

Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is a C4 crop cultivated for its grain and stover in crop-livestock-based rain-fed farming systems of tropics and subtropics in the Indian subcontinent and sub-Saharan Africa. The intensity of drought is predicted to further exacerbate because of looming...

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Main Authors: Rakesh K. Srivastava, O. P. Yadav, Sivasakthi Kaliamoorthy, S. K. Gupta, Desalegn D. Serba, Sunita Choudhary, Mahalingam Govindaraj, Jana Kholová, Tharanya Murugesan, C. Tara Satyavathi, Murali Krishna Gumma, Ram B. Singh, Srikanth Bollam, Rajeev Gupta, Rajeev K. Varshney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.781524/full