Genetic and genomic resources, and breeding for accelerating improvement of small millets: current status and future interventions

M Vetriventhan, VCR Azevedo, HD Upadhyaya… - The Nucleus, 2020 - Springer
Current agricultural and food systems encourage research and development on major
crops, neglecting regionally important minor crops. Small millets include a group of small …

[PDF][PDF] Genetic resources and varietal environment of grown fonio millets in West Africa: challenges and perspectives.

C Kanlindogbe, E Sekloka, EH Kwon-Ndung - 2020 - researchgate.net
Fonio, known to be the smallest and oldest form of millet grown in sub-Saharan Africa, has
remained relatively poor of research despite its nutritional, sociocultural, agroecological …

Mutagenesis in crop improvement: methods and applications

DA Animasaun, EO Oguntoye - Journal of Crop Improvement, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Mutagenesis is the process of creating mutations in an organism's DNA. Induced
mutagenesis can be used to create crops with higher yields, better quality, disease and …

[图书][B] Characterizing Fonio Production Across Scales: Interdisciplinary Insights from a Local Field Trial and a Scoping Review

A Dingus - 2022 - search.proquest.com
As the changing climate places new stressors on agricultural production, novel and adaptive
management practices that provide resistance or resilience are needed to overcome these …

[HTML][HTML] Agro-morphological Growth Response of Acha (FONIO)(Digitaria exilis and Digitaria iburua [kippist] Stapf.) Exposed to Colchicine: Number of Spikes, Spike …

DD Nyam, NS Gonzuk, MD Sila… - Journal of Plant …, 2024 - plantsciencejournal.com
This study aimed to investigate the effects of colchicine treatment on the reproductive traits
and grain yield of two species of Acha, Digitaria exilis and Digitaria iburua. Colchicine, a …

[PDF][PDF] Nitrous acid-induced variations in some quantitative traits of the foxtail millet Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv

AE Esson, AK Adamu, MA Adelanwa… - Journal of Scientific …, 2017 - academia.edu
The effects of nitrous acid on the agronomic parameters of foxtail millet were investigated.
Seeds with nitrous acid treatments and untreated seeds (control) were planted in a …

[PDF][PDF] CHROMOSOME AND ITS DYNAMICITY FOR CLASSIFICATION AND FOOD SECURITY

OBAT MUSTAPHA - unilorin.edu.ng
Classification is a natural occupation of man. Classifying organisms based on similarities
helps to provide order to the thousands of living organisms on earth. The urge to classify …