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Table 1 in Drought Stress in Millets and Its Response Mechanism
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Table 1. Salient features of millets crop [6].
| Millet Type | Characteristics | |||||||
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| Vernacular Names | Botanical Name | Family | Ploidy level | Chromosome no. | Use | Nutritional values | Agronomic benefits | |
| Barnyard millet | Barnyard millet (English), Madira, Sawa, Kudraivali, a million-dollar grass and oodalu | Echinochloa frumentacea L. | Gramineae | Hexaploid | 2n = 6× = 36 | Food and Feed | Anti-diabetic and high protein content | Early maturity, anti-fungal |
| Finger millet | Ragi, koda, mandua, nachani or nagli, African birds’ foot, rapoko, koracan, kurakkan. | Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertner | Gramineae | Hexaploid | 2n = 6× = 36 | Food and Feed | Rich in calcium, methionine and tryptophan | Drought and salt tolerance |
| Pearl millet | Bajra, gero, hegni, sanyo, dukhon and mahangu | Pennisetum glaucum | Gramineae | Diploid | 2n = 2× = 14 | Food, feed | High protein, starch & minerals | Drought & heat tolerance |
| Foxtail millet | Kangni (Hindi), Navane (Kannada), Thinai (Tamil), Kang (Gujarati) and Rala (Marathi) | Setaria italica | Gramineae | Diploid | 2n = 2× = 18 | Food, biofuel | — | Drought tolerance |
| Kodo millet | Kodo millet (English), Varagu, Haraka and Arikalu | Paspalum scrobiculatum | Gramineae | Tetraploid | 2n = 4× = 40 | Food and Feed | High-quality protein | Drought tolerance |
| Little millet | Little millet (English), Sawai, Samalu | Panicum sumatrense L. | Gramineae | Tetraploid | 2n = 4× = 36 | Food | High in phytochemicals, fibre | Abiotic stress tolerance |
| Proso millet | Proso, Cheena, Panivaragu, Variga and Baragu | Panicum miliaceum | Gramineae | Tetraploid | 2n = 4× = 36 | Food and feed | Rich in amino acids | Drought tolerance, early maturity |
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Published as part of Tiwari, Anjali, Kesarwani, Kapil, Sharma, Arushi, Ghosh, Tapan, Bisht, Nisha & Punetha, Shailja, 2022, Drought Stress in Millets and Its Response Mechanism, pp. 4 in Clinical & translational immunology 9 (8) on page 4, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.105942
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References
- [6] Tiwari A, Rastogi A, Singh V, Arunachalam A. Effect of water stress on oxidative damage and antioxidant enzyme activity in finger millet and barnyard millet. Indian Journal of Hill Farming. 2020; 33 (1): 36-45