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Effects of drought on Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (finger millet) and identification of microsatellite markers
DownloadSpring 2014
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) is a crop with high nutritional profile cultivated mainly in developing countries. It is an allotetraploid (2n= 4x= 36 chromosomes), that belongs to the Poaceae family and has a genome size of 2509 Mbp. Drought is one amongst other abiotic stresses...
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Reconsidering Post Green Revolution Food Choices: New Processing Technologies and Food Security in India
DownloadFall 2013
Finger millet (known as ragi) is a traditional grain that is more nutritious and more tolerant to environmental shocks than high yielding rice and wheat varieties. Accordingly, the promotion of ragi has been identified as an intervention that could improve the food security of households in...