Pearl millet response to drought: A review

N Shrestha, H Hu, K Shrestha, AN Doust - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The C4 grass pearl millet is one of the most drought tolerant cereals and is primarily grown
in marginal areas where annual rainfall is low and intermittent. It was domesticated in sub …

Breeding drought-tolerant pearl millet using conventional and genomic approaches: Achievements and prospects

RK Srivastava, OP Yadav, S Kaliamoorthy… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
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 …

The rhizosheath: from desert plants adaptation to crop breeding

PMS Ndour, T Heulin, W Achouak, L Laplaze… - Plant and Soil, 2020 - Springer
Background First discovered on desert plants by Volkens 1887, rhizosheath formation, ie
soil aggregation at the root surface, is now considered as a very promising adaptive trait to …

Response to early drought stress and identification of QTLs controlling biomass production under drought in pearl millet

M Debieu, B Sine, S Passot, A Grondin, E Akata… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Pearl millet plays a major role in food security in arid and semi-arid areas of Africa and India.
However, it lags behind the other cereal crops in terms of genetic improvement. The recent …

How far does the tree affect the crop in agroforestry? New spatial analysis methods in a Faidherbia parkland

O Roupsard, A Audebert, AP Ndour… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2020 - Elsevier
The trees in agroforestry plots create spatial heterogeneity of high interest for adaptation,
mitigation, and the provision of ecosystem services. But to what distance, exactly, from the …

LeafGo: Leaf to Genome, a quick workflow to produce high-quality de novo plant genomes using long-read sequencing technology

P Driguez, S Bougouffa, K Carty, A Putra, K Jabbari… - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Currently, different sequencing platforms are used to generate plant genomes and no
workflow has been properly developed to optimize time, cost, and assembly quality. We …

Development of a model estimating root length density from root impacts on a soil profile in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br). Application to measure root …

A Faye, B Sine, JL Chopart, A Grondin, M Lucas… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Pearl millet is able to withstand dry and hot conditions and plays an important role for food
security in arid and semi-arid areas of Africa and India. However, low soil fertility and …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling reveals synergies among root traits for phosphorus acquisition in pearl millet

MS Ndoye, M Lucas, IB Ajmera, B Sine, A Faye… - Crop Design, 2024 - Elsevier
Pearl millet is a key food security grain crop in the world's drylands due to its tolerance to
abiotic stresses. However, its yield remains low and is negatively impacted by climate …

Glutaredoxin regulation of primary root growth is associated with early drought stress tolerance in pearl millet

A Grondin, B Sine, M Debieu, C Belin, A Hajjarpoor… - eLife, 2024 - oar.icrisat.org
Seedling root traits impact plant establishment under challenging environments. Pearl millet
is one of the most heat and drought tolerant cereal crops that provides a vital food source …

Aquaporins in cereals—important players in maintaining cell homeostasis under abiotic stress

MM Kurowska - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cereal productivity is reduced by environmental stresses such as drought, heat, elevated
CO2, salinity, metal toxicity and cold. Sometimes, plants are exposed to multiple stresses …