Genetic diversity and genomic resources available for the small millet crops to accelerate a New Green Revolution

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Goron, Travis L ^a   Raizada, Manish N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barnyard millet; Biodiversity; Finger millet; Foxtail millet; Kodo millet; Little millet; New Green Revolution; Proso millet

Indexed keywords

ECHINOCHLOA FRUMENTACEA; ELEUSINE CORACANA; PANICUM; PANICUM MILIACEUM; PANICUM SUMATRENSE; PASPALUM SCROBICULATUM; SETARIA ITALICA;

EID: 84928015153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00157     Document Type: Article

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