Woodhead Publishing | Millets And Pseudo Cereals: Genetic Resources And Breeding Advancements (2021 EN)

Author: Mohar Singh (Editor), Salej Sood (Editor)
Full Title: Millets And Pseudo Cereals: Genetic Resources And Breeding Advancements
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing; 1st edition (September 20, 2020)
Year: 2021
ISBN-13: 9780128204054 (978-0-12-820405-4), 9780128200896 (978-0-12-820089-6)
ISBN-10: 0128204052, 0128200898
Pages: 218
Language: English
Genre: Food Science
File type: EPUB (True), PDF (True)
Quality: 10/10
Price: $210.00


Millets and Pseudo Cereals is the first comprehensive resource to focus on the potential crop improvements through genetic enhancements.

The choice of food crop for a region is primarily determined by the conditions of climate and soil. Once labelled as orphan crops, millets and pseudo-cereals are now known as miracle grains due to their adaptation to harsh conditions and high nutritional quality. Small millets and pseudo-cereals are now seen to occupy special niches through their ability to adapt to challenging conditions. These crops have a comparative advantage in marginal lands where they withstand stress conditions and contribute to sustainable production. They also contribute to the diversity-richness and production stability of agro-ecosystems. Millets include sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet, foxtail millet, proso millet, barnyard millet, little millet and kodo millet while the other group which are not cereals but consumed as cereals and generally referred as pseudo-cereals comprises of grain amaranths, buckwheat and chenopods.


Key Features:
✓ Explores the current challenges of pseudo-cereal production and how that can be overcome by developing genetic and breeding resources using appropriate germplasm
✓ Provides holistic information on millets and pseudo-cereals
✓ Features global perspectives from an international contributing team of authors

Readership:
Food Science, Agriculture, Food Security, Cereal and Grain Science.

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