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Genetic Transformation of Millets: The Way Ahead

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Millets are a group of small-seeded cereals and forage grasses grown in arid and semiarid regions of Asia and Africa, where majority of cereals cannot be relied upon to provide sustainable yield. While major cereals such as wheat, rice, and maize provide only food security, millets provide multiple securities, viz., food, fodder, health, nutrition, livelihood, and ecological. In the present chapter, recent advances in genetic transformation studies conducted in millets to date have been summarized. Millets have been transformed primarily by particle bombardment, whereas, Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is still lagging behind. Efforts need to be made to genetically improve millets by incorporating certain agronomically important traits, such as resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, resistance to lodging, increased seed size, and palatability along with softness of grain to make these crops more desirable for consumer.

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Dosad, S., Chawla, H.S. (2018). Genetic Transformation of Millets: The Way Ahead. In: Gosal, S., Wani, S. (eds) Biotechnologies of Crop Improvement, Volume 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90650-8_11

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