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Drought resistance strategies in minor millets: a review.

Shaik Sha Valli Khan Patan, Suneetha Vallepu, Khader Basha Shaik, Naseem Shaik, Nanja Reddy Yellodu Adi Reddy, Randall G Terry, Kjell Sergeant, Jean François Hausman

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Review in Planta, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Overexpression ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  2. Role of Millets for Food Security Under Climate Change.Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026
    Review
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Shaik Sha Valli Khan PatanDepartment of Botany, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, 516005, India. pssvkhan@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-057X
Suneetha VallepuDepartment of Botany, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, 516005, India.
Khader Basha ShaikDepartment of Botany, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, 516005, India.
Naseem ShaikDepartment of Botany, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, 516005, India.
Nanja Reddy Yellodu Adi ReddyDepartment of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560005, India.
Randall G TerryBiology Department, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, USA.
Kjell SergeantEnvironmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, (LIST), Avenue Des Hauts Fourneaux 5, Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Jean François HausmanEnvironmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, (LIST), Avenue Des Hauts Fourneaux 5, Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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conclusionThe review discusses growth and drought-response mechanisms in minor millets under three themes: drought escape, drought avoidance and drought tolerance. Drought is one of the most prominent abiotic stresses impacting plant growth, performance, and productivity. In the context of climate change, the prevalence and severity of drought is expected to increase in many agricultural regions worldwide. Millets (coarse grains) are a group of small-seeded grasses cultivated in arid and semi-arid regions throughout the world and are an important source of food and feed for humans and livestock. Although minor millets, i.e., foxtail millet, finger millet, proso millet, barnyard millet, kodo millet and little millet are generally hardier and more drought-resistant than cereals and major millets (sorghum and pearl millet), understanding their responses, processes and strategies in response to drought is more limited. Here, we review drought resistance strategies in minor millets under three themes: drought escape (e.g., short crop cycle, short vegetative period, developmental plasticity and remobilization of assimilates), drought avoidance (e.g., root traits for better water absorption and leaf traits to control water loss), and drought tolerance (e.g., osmotic adjustment, maintenance of photosynthetic ability and antioxidant potential). Data from 'omics' studies are summarized to provide an overview of the molecular mechanisms important in drought tolerance. In addition, the final section highlights knowledge gaps and challenges to improving minor millets. This review is intended to enhance major cereals and millet per se in light of climate-related increases in aridity.

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DroughtsAdaptation, PhysiologicalClimate ChangeCrops, AgriculturalDrought ResistanceMilletsPhotosynthesisStress, PhysiologicalWaterWaterClimate changeDroughtFood securityGenome editingMinor milletsOmics

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